ICAR, KVK-West Siang conducted diagnostic visit to farmers’ field
Basar, 26thNovember’2015:
A team of agricultural experts (Subject Matters Specialists)from KVK- West Siang conducted two days Diagnostic visit to farmers’ field in and around Basar circle on 20th& 21stNovember’2015. Field inspection for FLD on Rapeseed (TS-38), Pea (Arkel) and winter vegetable crops were conducted. Seeds of Pea (Arkel) were sown on 15th October’2015, utilizing the soil moisture received from October Rain and showing good crop stand with high germination percentage. Farmers grow Rapeseed, Pea and vegetable crops on the gentle slope and terrace just after harvesting the kharif rice both in Jhum as well as WRC field. Both the diseases, early blight (fungal)& wilt (bacterial)in solanaceous crops like tomato, potato, chillietc. and trunk borer in citrus were observed in the fields. Precautionary measures and management of the disease were discussed with the farmers and also were advised to give slight irrigation regularly to all the vegetable crops especially the cole crops that were recently transplanted till the crops were well established. Suggestion of using Jalkund – “how and where” were also discussed with the farmers, so that the farmer can utilized every possible land for getting maximum output. Poor crop stands due to mixed farming with poultry also observed in some of the farmer’s field as mostly the poultry damages the crop during early stage. To overcome the problem, the farmers’ were advised to carry out intensive system of poultry farming where improved breeds like Vanaraja, Kamrupa and Gramopriya could be reared for better income. Poultry litters could be recycle in the system for improving the soil nutrients.
Photograph of Farmers field at Basar circle
