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Awareness programme on IPM techniques organised 4/6/2016 12:36:27 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 5 : Training cum awareness programme for farmers under NABARD funded project entitled "Scientific intervention for validation and popularization of traps for management of insect pests in vegetable growing areas of Jammu Region" was organized by Division of Entomology, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology at Kanhachak (village Panjore) in collaboration with Directorate of Agriculture, Jammu under the guidance of Dr. J. P. Sharma, Director Research, SKUAST-Jammu. More than 50 progressive farmers participated in the awareness cum training programme. Dr. Devinder Sharma, Principal Investigator of the project while interacting with the farmers emphasized the need to adopt the preventive and scientific methods to manage insect-pests of vegetable crops. He stressed upon the urgent need of the IPM and suggested appropriate measures for sustainable crop protection through IPM strategies to promote eco-friendly and economically viable IPM packages in vegetable crops. He urged up on the farmers to abstain from using excessive pesticides and adopt those measures which do not affect the environment and human health. He demonstrated the low cost scientifically validated technologies for the control of various insect-pests in the vegetable crops. He urged the farmers to follow the SKUAST-Jammu recommendations and read its farm literature for updating their knowledge on various agricultural aspects.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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