BANNER NEWS

A training programme on the preparation of enriched vermicompost and method of application in the field was jointly organized by DBT-KISAN Sub hub -1 along and partnering institute IISWC, Sunabeda for selected farmers of Rayagada, Malkangiri and Koraput, Odisha. Farmers have started preparing their fields for sowing in the Kharif season.

Monsoon is also the season for prevalence of various pests and diseases especially in spice crops. Diseases such as quick wilt and slow wilt in pepper, rhizome rot and blight disease in ginger, rotting in turmeric etc. are some of the important diseases that needs attention. Farmers across the state and especially in Wayanad are incurring huge crop and income loss due to lack of awareness on control measures to be adopted to minimise losses due to these fatal diseases.

Online training- 1.7.2021 (MSSRF, Chennai)

To emphasis the importance of biofertilizer and biopesticides use, an online training event titled “Importance of Bioinoculants and modes of application for finger millet cultivation” was conducted for the fellowship farmers and young professionals of Sub -1 MSSRF-DBT-Biotech KISAN,

Bioinputs use has augmented the benefits of crop production by minimising the detrimental effects of overuse of fertilizers and pesticides that significantly deteriorates soil fertility with residual effect in crops. At the MSSRF-DBT-KISAN sub hub I, Odisha, framer’s training and awareness program on the use of bioinoculants were organised in the three aspirational districts, viz., Koraput, Rayagada and Malkangiri.

Resource training on soil nutrient, pest and disease management in coffee was organized at MSSRF- Community Agrobiodiversity Center, Wayanad in collaboration with Regional Coffee Research Station, Chundale on 10^th March, 2021. A total of 42 farmers from Padichira village participated in this event. The training as intended to enhance the capability of the farmer beneficiaries to adopt improved cultivation practices for enhancing soil health and productivity in coffee. Dr.