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Demonstration, training for farmers on Suchetgarh Basmati Rice Cluster (SBRC) held 7/11/2016 11:17:51 PM Early Times Report Jammu, July 11 : A comprehensive 2 day Training and Demonstration session was held here at Panchayat Ghar Suchetgarh and Korotana Khurd village for extension functionaries and 20 Local Resource Persons (volunteer LRPs) representing 10 groups of 668 hectare Suchetgarh Basmati Rice Cluster (SBRC) comprising of 519 farming families in R.S.Pura Sub Division of Jammu District. Launched as a part of the SBRC Project, the objective of the programme was to build capacity of extension functionaries and LRPs to guide the farmers of the cluster and to enable them to produce true-to-type aromatic Basmati rice through organic means for improved marketability and export for higher economic returns as per Organic India standards under Participatory Guarantee System (PGS). On the instructions of Dr. S. S. Jamwal Director of Agriculture Jammu, the Regional Council headed by Chief Agriculture Officer Jammu had invited several Service Providing Agencies, Bio-fertilizer and Bio-pesticide manufacturing companies for demonstration of their Organic Products during the programme. Amongst them the representatives of Actech Information Systems, Alpha Environmental Systems, International Panacea Ltd, KRIBHCO and Prathista demonstrated their organic inputs and imparted on-spot training on their application and use in specifically identified groups. Representatives of Sudhmahadev Vegetable Producer Company Limited and Y S Sons Agrotech also participated in the programme besides a number of other prominent farmers including Shri Dev Raj Choudhry, President, R.S. Pura Basmati Rice Growers Association and Swaran Lal, Sarpanch Suchetgarh. As the process of land preparation has already started gaining momentum in the area for transplanting of Basmati Rice seedlings this month, the farmers were anxious about deficient electricity in the area which was hampering the operationalization of irrigation pump sets. They also raised the issue of canal irrigation water not reaching their fields while the rainfall fall was also not sufficient as yet. It was urged by the participating farmers to improve the drainage system as the overflowing water during the monsoon season inundates the fields and damages the crops.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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