ACTIVITIES (7)

Exposure Visit of the Farmers:

Nine farmers of the village visited Krishi Darshan Expo which was held from 5 to 6^th October, 2012 at TIC, Hissar on 6^th October, 2012. This Expo was organized in Collaboration with Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India. Companies from all over India dealing in variety of advanced equipments used for cultivation displayed their items and their demonstration in the Expo. A large number of companies displaying variety of seeds  and insecticides/pesticides were also present. Farmers viewed the live demonstration of various automatic ploughing and harvesting machines, they also had first hand information for usage of various other equipments for spraying pesticides etc. farmers also had conversation with various dealers of Seeds and had information of various varieties of new seeds available in the market.

Farmers also attended the seminar on How to  Earn More through Agriculture. They also interacted with the farmers who came from various parts of India. Mr. Ajinder Pal Singh, Chairman of GHES accompanied the farmers on their visit.

Veterinary Checkup Camp:

Veterinary check up camp  was  inaugurated by S.Ajinder Pal Singh Charman of Guru Harkrishan Educational Society. In this camp Team of Specialised Doctors of Animal Husbandry & Dairy Dr. Sameer Dewan along with their Team visited the village & checked up about 140 cattles. Dr. Dewan taught the villagers about the prevention of the cattle’s form various diseases. Mineral Powder for cattles was distributed freely among the villagers,  cattles were given medicines for the stomach insects, 15 cattles were given Harmone for the fertility, cattles were also given medicines for other diseases.  GHES Chairman S. Ajinder Pal Singh thanks the doctors and their department on this occasion. Mr. Rajesh Saini AGM NABARD thanked the doctors and the people of the village for their support & Co-operation.

Training Programme on INM (Integrated Nutrient Management)+ IWM (Integrated Weeds managemet)

Training Programme on INM (Integrated Nutrient Management)+ IWM (Integrated Weeds managemet) which was organised on 13^th July due to non availability of KVK Scientists as they were busy. In this programme Dr. R.S. Taya Sr. scientist K.V.K. Damla guided the farmers about the usage of medicine to protect their crop from weeds and insects. He advised the farmers to spray the medicines in time as soon as they see the symptoms, delayed spray will not protect the crops. He also said that dose of medicine should be complete as suggested because less medicine can harm the crops as insects which are at the particular area in the field may spread all over the field and harm the crops much more. He also gave the information regarding use of different medicines for different problems of the crops as discussed with the farmers. As asked by the farmers he guided them how and when to use the medicine and in how much quantity ant the method of usage of medicines.

Dr. N.K.Goel, Co-ordinator K.V.K. Damla  discussed with the farmers how they were implemented their suggestions in the fields as they have guided in the prior visit. He discussed with individual farmers how much and when they  DAT, Potash, Zinc and Urea