What is the course content of different government farmer training programmes? How is it beneficial?
Ans. The Department of Agriculture of different States (External website that opens in a new window) is responsible for conducting training programmes for farmers in their region. These programmes teach farmers about the packages of practice for crops in their region as well as enumerate new scientific technologies for production and marketing. Scientists and field staff of the Agriculture Department conduct training camps at the district level at district headquarters during both seasons – Kharif and Rabi. Other farmer training programmes are held at the block and village levels at shorter intervals of time. These programmes also include field demonstrations of new techniques such as seed treatment against pests, methods of sowing and irrigation. The Integrated Pest Management (External website that opens in a new window) programme is one of the major farmer training programmes. Here farmers learn about the safe use of insecticides, economic thresh-hold level of the damage caused by p
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