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Honorable Prime Minister Interacted with Farmer’s of East Sikkim
The Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi for the first time had direct interaction with farmers across the country on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 through video conferencing. The Doordarshan, DD Kisan, Aakashvaani and Namo app broadcasted the live interaction programme with farmers. The farmers of Sikkim under ICAR-KVK, East Sikkim, ICAR-NOFRI had been selected among the KVK’s of the whole North-Eastern region for the interaction programme. The Prime Minister interacted with the two farmers of Sikkim, namely, Shri Nim Tshering Lepcha of Nandok village and Smt. Pemkit Lepcha of Timpyem village of East Sikkim district at NIC, Gangtok, Sikkim at 9.30 am.
At the outset, the Prime Minister interacted with Smt. Pemkit Lepcha, a progressive woman farmer and enquired on her on-going agricultural activities. She informed the Prime Minister that she is undertaking organic production of vegetables (vegetable pea, cauliflower, broccoli and cabbage) in rice fallow under zero tillage system. She was cultivating maize/rice in her land and earning an annual income of Rs.50,000/- in an area of 0.3 ha land before KVK intervention. After hands on training from ICAR-KVK, East Sikkim on zero-till vegetable pea technology of ICAR-NOFRI her income increased more than Rs. 2.0 lakhs and also increased the cropping intensity to 200 per cent.
The Prime Minister also interacted with Mr. Nim Tshering Lepcha and wanted to know about organic ginger production, as Sikkim is famous for organic spices production. Mr. Lepcha, informed the Hon’ble PM that he is practicing organic agriculture since long back from 2013 and earned Rs. 1.25 lakhs per year but after the hands on training from ICAR-KVK East Sikkim and technological intervention with ICAR-NOFRI in the year 2014, his income increased up to Rs. 6.5 lakhs in a year by cultivating ginger, off-season vegetables, garden pea, large cardamom, dairy, poultry, piggery and fisheries from his 6.0 acres of land through Integrated Organic Farming System (IOFS).
A total of 28 nos. of farmers from the East Sikkim district were present at NIC, Gangtok during the live interaction programme. The direct interaction programmewas also attended by Dr. A.K.Tripathi, Director, ATARI Zone-VI, Dr. R.K. Avasthe, Joint Director, ICAR-NOFRI, Tadong, Dr. Raghavendra, Singh, Sr. Scientist & Head, KVK-East Sikkim and other specialist and officials of KVK and State Agriculture Department. The interaction programme with web telecast was also watched by total of another 108 farmers from East Sikkim along with all the scientist’s of ICAR-NOFRI, SMS’s of KVK and all other staffs of the institute at Conference Hall of ICAR-NOFRI, Tadong. The programme was followed by a very effective Framer’s- Scientist Interaction programme and ended with a vote of thanks.
Issued by ICAR-KVK-East Sikkim
Interaction with Honourable Prime Minister
Interaction with Smt. P. Lepcha and Sh. N.T. Lepcha
Issued by ICAR-NOFRI
