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Field day on Tar Watter direct seeded rice in district Ferozepur

30 September 2021, Punjab: Farm Advisory Service Centre Ferozepur organized a field day on Tar-Watter Direct Seeded Rice in collaboration with department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana and NABARAD in village Shakoor on 29.09.2021. Dr. Jagjot Singh Gill, District Extension Scientist, Farm Advisory Service Centre Ferozepur started the programme by welcoming the scientists, resource persons of other departments and farmers of nearby villages and gave information about tar-watter direct seeded rice in Ferozepur district in his lecture. Dr. Amit Kaul, Extension Scientist, Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana delivered detailed lecture on tar-watter direct seeded rice.

Dr. Manpreet Singh, Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana explained in detail about management of weeds in direct seeded rice. Sh. Maninder Singh, Agriculture Deveopment Officer, department of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, block Ghall Khurd deliver lecture on crop residue management. Dr. Munish Kumar, Assistant Professor Animal Science, KVK, Ferozepur gave information on caring for livestock in his lecture. Progressive farmer Sh. Gurpreet Singh village Shakoor shared his experiences about tar-watter direct seeded rice. Demonstartion plots of tar-watter direct seeded rice also visited in the last of the programme.

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