Aiming to educated farmers about new farming techniques Tata Steel organised a workshop ‘Kisaan Vaarta’ at Sports Ground, Mukundabera at West Bokaro on Thursday.
Over 250 farmers in and around West Bokaro operational areas participated in the workshop which was inaugurated by Anurag Dixit, Chief (Quarry South East), Tata Steel, West Bokaro.
Speaking on the occasion Dixit said, Technology has changed the way we work today. Mix of right technology with right crop at the right time can help enhance the productivity massively.
“Through Kisaan Vaarta, we want to create a platform for smart farming, thereby creating a better tomorrow for all,” he added.
The objective of the programme was to sensitise the local farmers on understanding agriculture as a growing enterprise, scientific understanding of agriculture growth, crop-diversification in existing places, knowledge sharing on the best farming practices, awareness on government schemes and to provide a platform for organic farming, said Amit Gupta PR official.
“To revive the interest among regional farmers and to disseminate the latest technical know-how to farmers, enhance their knowledge on crop techniques and help them to increase productivity this Farmer-Scientist the interface was organsied,” he added.
Besides others, Dr Dushyant Kumar Raghav (Expert, Plant Protection), In-Charge, PC & SMS, KVK, Ramgarh, Dr Indrajeet (Agriculture Extension), SMS, KVK, Ramgarh, Dineshwar Rai (Livestock Production & Management Expert), KVK, Hazaribagh and Upendra Kumar Sah, District Development Manager, NABARD, Ramgarh along with Tata Steel executives, union officials, PRIs members and officials from Tata Steel Rural Development Society were present in the workshop.