10-Day Skill Development Programme On Agriculture At AAU, Jorhat

JORHAT: To fulfil the dream of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and to make the Northeast an organic region, a 10-day training and skill development programme has been organized by the Extension Education Institute (NE Region) and supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare, Government of India, at AAU, Jorhat, in joint collaboration with NEADs at Dhekiakhowa, said Dr, Sajib Barua, the programme coordinator of EEI on Saturday.

Altogether 56 experts, research fellows and senior State Government officials from Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram and Assam interacted with scientists and other experts from Assam Agricultural University. The experts gave detailed explanation on how to start various farming units like vermin compost, poultry, piggery and integrated farming.

Moreover, Dr Prassanna Kumar Deka, Dr. Saranga Bhagawati, Br. Nikhil Das, Sanghomitra Sharma and senior officials from the Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry from different States of the Northeast gave special lectures on how to take up various animal husbandry projects.

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