Farmers Training Programme On “Prasthutha Pantalu - Chepattavalasina Charyalu” at RARS , Warangal on 12-09-2019

A farmer’ training programme on “Prasthutha Pantalu – Chepattavalasina Charyalu” was conducted by DAATTC, Warangal in collaboration with RARS, Warangal on 12-09-2019 at RARS, Warangal under the chairmanship of Dr. P. Jagan Mohan Rao, Associate Director of Research, RARS, Warangal. Smt. D. Usha Dayal, District Agricultural Officer, Warangal (Rural & Urban) acted as the chief guest The for programme. Sri. A. Sudarshanam, Principal Scientist (Cotton & Soyabean), Dr. S. Malathi, Principal Scientist (Entomology), Rice Section, Dr. E. Srinivas, Coordinator, DAATTC, Warangal and Scientists from different sections of RARS, Warangal addressed the gathering in inaugural session. About 60 farmers attended the training programme. Dr. P. Jagan Mohan Rao, ADR, RARS, Warangal requested the gathering to make use of the training programme designed on current crop situation, best management practices to be adopted in the present scenario and the rabi prospects for different crops keeping in view of the present ground water levels. Also the farmers were appraised of severe grasshopper damage in Maize crop in Siddipet district in few pockets and were requested to be alert. Smt. D. Usha Dayal, DAO reiterated that we should not be complacent seeing at the present low level of pests like PBW in cotton and FAW in maize. Close monitoring is required to take up timely measures. In the training programme, focus was emphasized on agronomic measures in age old nursery transplanted rice fields, especially in varieties like MTU 1010, KNM-118, precautions to avoid flare up of BPH in rice, timely weed control through weedicides in cotton and redgram, monitoring of pink bollworm in cotton, crops to be taken up during pre rabi/rabi situation. Topics on current crop scenario of rice, cotton, pulses, chillies and turmeric were dealt with, by scientists of RARS, Warangal.