Rice varietal crop cafeteria of Boro paddy conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Lakhimpur

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LAKHIMPUR: Ceremonial rice varietal crop cafeteria of Boro paddy was conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Lakhimpur under the aegis of Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (APART) on Thursday.

Senior Scientist & Head, KVK, Lakhimpur, Dr. Prasanta Kumar Pathak, inaugurated the event by giving a brief overview of the project initiated by APART and about the ceremonial transplanting of Rice Varietal Crop Cafeteria event. He encouraged the farmers to adopt the scientific methods of crop cultivation. Subject Matter Specialist (Agronomy), Lakshi Kanta Nath guided the entire event by demonstrating the scientific way of transplanting with proper spacing and also placed his expert view on scientific management practices of paddy fields. On the other hand, Project Associate, APART, Mouchumi Dutta gave a description of the event by demonstrating different rice varieties and the feasible characteristics of the same which the farmers would be capable to easily adopt those in future.

The event was conducted on the field of farmer Maheswar Mahanta of Naharani village under Karunabari Block, where 10 different Boro paddy varieties like Joimoti, Kanaklata that are released from Assam Agricultural University and also different high-yielding varieties like Lalganga, Bina Dhan-10, Bina Dhan-11, Bina Dhan-17, BRRI-75, Naveen TL, CR Dhan- 310, and DRR-44, were transplanted in a scientific manner.

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