TITLE OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME:
Exposure Visit and Training on Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) on Millets Production – Cost effective measures for Sustainable Agriculture for farmers from 05.06.2024 to 07.06.2024 in Timiri block of Ranipet District, Tamil Nadu.
Objectives of the training programme
- To generate awareness about the Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) techniques available for low-cost farming (cropping pattern/ management and marketing)
- Motivate the farmers about the alternate source of income generation
- To train farmers to cultivate high yielding varieties and hybrids in millets.
- To popularize CSA techniques Such as micro irrigation and fertigation in millets among the farmers.
- To popularize mechanization in millets to mitigate labour scarcity.
- To promote value addition in millets and to enhance the farm income.
- To provide market intelligence on millets.
- To train the farmers about Organic Input production and marketing
- To improve the standard of living of small and marginal farmers
- To impart knowledge on latest available technology for Climate smart farming
- To motivate the individual farmers to take up organic production or year-round supplement of organic input to the agricultural farmland.
- To develop the farmer’s group as an entrepreneur to produce the organic input on a large scale and supply to farmers in the group as an income generation activity.
- To motivate farmers to start a FPC/FPO
DETAILS OF THE EXPOSURE VISIT AND TRAINING
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Number of farmers benefitted |
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25 |
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Number of batches of exposure visits |
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1 (25 farmers plus technical expert and institutional in-charge) |
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Location of target villages |
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Soraiyur, Timiri block of Ranipet District, Tamil Nadu. |
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Duration of the training and exposure visit |
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Three days (Two-days training & one day exposure visit) |
PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
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Session |
Topics covered (seminar highlights) |
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First day (05.06.2024) |
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I Session |
Inauguration and Introduction, the Scope of Climate Smart Agriculture |
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II Session |
Delivered lectures on various techniques available for Climate Smart Agriculture (Climate adaptation – cropping pattern – intercultural operations- cropping seasons- plant protection measures – soil conservation measures- water conservation measures – crop yield enhancement measures). |
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III Session |
Delivered lectures on CSA and their importance for Sustainable Millets-Sorghum crop production and Sustainable Seed Production / Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
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Second Day (06.06.2024) |
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I Session |
Delivered lectures on Millets Seed Production by adapting climate smart agriculture techniques |
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II Session |
Demonstrated of Climate Smart Agriculture Experimental Farm with various adapted techniques in the PAC agricultural experimental farm / demo plots in the field |
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Third Day (07.06.2024) |
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III Session |
Visited the Millets Research Station and Organic input Production unit in KVK, Athiayanthal Feedback, Conclusion, Future Plan of Action discussed, valedictory, vote of thanks. National Anthem. |
Digital Agriculture (IoT in Agriculture)
Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Training: This program raises farmers’ productivity by educating them about the use of e-learning platforms and smartphone apps for farming.
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