OUAT students to work for ‘Fasal Surakhya Abhiyaan’
The State Agriculture Department has decided to launch a ‘Fasal Surakhya Abhiyaan’ from October 1 in all districts of the State to extend support to farmers in controlling pest attack.
Under the programme, as many as 120 final year students of the Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) would be mobilised as ‘Pest Scouts’ who would be stationed in the identified vulnerable blocks.
One or two students would be deployed in a block and attached with the local Assistant Agriculture Officer (AAO). The students would undertake pest surveillance work in coordination with field staffs and thereafter submit the datasheet to the AAO.
The students would also give advice to the farmers based on the Pest Advisory released by the OUAT.