The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Khordha, on Sunday inaugurated two skill development training programmes of five days each on ‘Agricultural Farm Machinery Operation' and ‘Rural Income Generation Through Honey Bee Cultivation’.Scientist S Singh coordinated the farm machinery operation training for the skill development of the tribal youths.
Sukanti Behera coordinated the honey bee rearing training for empowering rural women of Khordha district.
While inaugurating the programmes, Director of ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture Dr SK Swain appreciated the initiatives and assured the participants the technical support from the KVK and ICAR-CIFA. He praised the efforts made by KVK-Khordha in helping the farmers for adopting advanced agricultural technologies for their socio-economic development.
Head of KVK-Khordha Dr SS Giri being the Course Director of the programmes highlighted the objectives and scope of the capacity building trainings in empowering rural women and youths for strengthening rural livelihood and self-employment.
A total of 20 rural women and tribal youths joined.