Uzhavar Mugam 2022 & Training program on Organic farming &Traditional Rice Varieties Cultivation

One day training program Uzhavar Mugam 2022 on Organic farming and Traditional Rice Varieties Cultivation was jointly organized with VAANGHAI trust at KVK, Nagapattinam on 06.09.2022. The program was aimed to create awareness on cultivation and conservation of traditional rice varieties. Dr. A.Gopalakannan, Programme Coordinator, KVK welcomed the participants and given a prelude about the importance of the training program. Dr.V.Wilfred Manuel, Professor Rtd., TNAU as Chief guest and delivered his special address in the program. In his special address, he narrated the history of present varieties released from TNAU and importance of Aathur kitchali samba. During the technical sessions, Dr.R. Pushba, Asst. Professor (Plant breeding and genetics), TRRI, Aduthurai delivered lecture on ‘Kavuni varieties cultivation’. The different type of Kavuni cultures were discussed among the farmers. Dr. P. Balaguru, Associate Prof. Botany, Jamal Mohammed College, Trichy delivered special lecture on GI tagging of Traditional Rice varieties.
Agro ecological pest management was handled by Mr. L. Narayanmoorthy, ADA, Thiruvannamalai followed by Mr. P.Sethuraman, Progressive farmer, Villupuram shared his experience on Traps for pest management. Subject Matter Specialist, Dr.V.Kannan (Agronomy) handled technical session on Organic cultivation of Rice. This training programme provided a good platform for the progressive farmers to conserve and cultivate traditional rice varieties. Totally 37 nos. of participants were attended and benefitted. At the end of the programme Mr. K. Mohanraj Yadhav VAANGHAI trust delivered vote of thanks and distributed Aathur Kitchali samba 2 kgs each to the farmers to encourage cultivation of Traditional Rice varieties.