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Awareness Programme on Pre-Sowing Price Forecasts of Yasangi (Rabi) 2021-22, Ict Tools in Agriculture and Field Day in Paddy at Adopted Village, Veldurthy by RARS, Polasa, Jagtial on 12-10-2021

Awareness Programme on Pre-Sowing Price Forecasts of Yasangi (Rabi) 2021-22, Ict Tools in Agriculture and Field Day in Paddy at Adopted Village, Veldurthy by RARS, Polasa, Jagtial on 12-10-2021

  • Awareness programme on pre-sowing forecast prices of yasangi (rabi) 2021-2022 and ICT tools in agriculture was conducted at adopted village, Veldurthy on 12.10.21.
  • Information regarding market forecast prices and ICT tools i.e., mobile applications (Agri market, Meghdoot, Crop Daran and Plantix etc.)were installed in the village.
  • Later field day in Paddy (variety-KNM 1638) cultivated by dry direct seeding method with seed drill was conducted. Sowing was completed on 06.06.21 in an area of 5 acres. The field was show cased to farmers of the village to get motivated by the performance of the technology and come forward to adopt it in the future.
  • The economics of cost of cultivation and income by adopting this method was also worked out and explained to the farmers.
  • The adopting farmers opined that there was a saving in labour expenditure, pesticide expenditure and irrigation as there was no pest attack and also expressed saving of Rs. 12,000 per acre when compared to traditional transplanting method of paddy cultivation. In this programme, D.A. Rajini Devi, Scientist (Agril. Economics), P. Sadvi, Scientist (Agril. Extension), Praveen Goud, Sarpanch, adopted village and 15 farmers were participated.