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Dr. Joken Bam, Senior Scientist (Veterinary Parasitology) talked about the livestock rearing system and its importance. Participants were also made aware about the infectious diseases of livestock, poultry and mithun prevalent in the region. She also emphasized about the importance of vaccination and urge the farmers to get their livestock vaccinated.
Badapmain Makdoh, Scientist (Agronomy) emphasized on the importance of incorporating short duration varieties of soyabean and also highlighted on the popularization of crop like til/sesamum in the district.
The programme was followed by an open scientist-farmers interaction to address the problems of farmers. After the interaction, inputs were distributed to the farmers viz. seeds of kharif vegetables (Cowpea, bhindi, bitter gourd, brinjal, amaranthus, cucumber and french bean etc.) vermicompost, knapsack sprayer and ginger rhizomes for planting.
The farmers were elated and contended with the training programme and further seek for more training in the future.