The Indira Gandhi Agriculture University has put up a stall displaying various rare species of paddy at ‘Rajyotsav 2014’ celebrations being held here.
The paddy varieties are on display at the exhibition put up on the theme of advanced agricultural techniques. In order to preserve their germ-plasm, these paddy varieties are cultivated in small areas by the Agriculture University. Moreover, these varieties include a number of species of paddy with better immunity and higher yield.
Visitors from rural areas are curious to know about these varieties of paddy. Horticulture, Mandi Board, Seed Certification and Kamdhenu University have also put up exhibition at the Rajyotsav here.
This apart, the Aquariums displaying fishes of various species including angel fish, silver dollar, mumbika gold, red-cape gold, kissing gorami, bubble eye gold, red tilapiya chitralata, timple borb, prawns, red gold, milsi copr and pangaas etc have become the major attraction for visitors especially children in the crowd.
At the stall, people were also informed about advanced agricultural techniques, maximum utilisation of limited piece of land at low in-put cost, and other aspects of profitable cultivation.
There were also models based on rainwater harvesting, organic farming, advanced agricultural technology etc, have been put on display. People are pouring in to capture playful activities of colourful fishes in Fisheries Department’s aquarium.
Children seem amazed and allured to see so many varieties of fishes under one roof. Cattle, hens and birds kept at the stall of Animal Husbandry Department have also become a major attraction for visitors at the exhibition.
This year, Agriculture Department has set up the biggest stall at Rajyotsav, where models based on small irrigation ponds, checkdams, catchment, bolder check have been displayed. Moreover, the stall also consists of models based on affordable utilisation of ground water through shallow tube-well and sprinkler etc.
People were also informed about the positive impact of these techniques on crop area. Another part of the stall gives message of adopting organic farming and minimizing the use of chemical fertilizers. Animal Husbandry Department’s stall has been arranged at the centre of the ground.