We are pleased to invite you at Ashok Sansthan,Kundesar,Ghazipur,Uttar Pradesh on 08.04.2014 at 10 hrs. -17 hrs. for Farmer’s field day in 05 villages namely Kundesar,Surtapur,Balua Taranv,Birpur and Banshi and Training on seed production at Ashok Sansthan, Kundesar on 09.04.2014 at 10-12 hrs.Dr.Arnab Gupta,PhD,Special Scientist-Agro-ecology and seed systems,New Delhi will deliver 02 days program.500 farmers are partner of wheat trials of 20 indigenous varieties. This is a unique research program on Climate change, Agriculture and food security, implemented by Ashok Sansthan at Ghazipur,U.P.,India .Wheat trials in 2013-2014 initiated by Bioversity International under CGIAR,World Bank using I-Buttons at 05 location to record temperature, climate change in a radius of 1 k.m.The result of the data from ibutton will be shared to farmers, that will help farmers in their forthcoming crops. The length of wheat spike is double than the hybrid or any wheat varieties. It is also disease resistance and hopeful for double production of wheat to fulfill the target of NFSM.This seed will be used on sustainable basis and need not to change every year or 3 year as in the case of any hybrid seed. It also save the money for the purchase of seed to farmers every year. Please come and see the wheat trials and if satisfied then disseminate the massage in a wider scale to take benefit to farmer community.Interested farmers and agriculture students are invited to register by e-mail or sms. Narendra Kumar Rai,Project coordinator,Ashok Sansthan,Mobile no.08005459235,e-mail:[email protected]
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 04:20:58 +0000
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