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PAU asks farmers to say no to compound problem through stubble burning
Babushahi Bureau
Ludhiana, October 11, 2024: Leaving no stone unturned in checking paddy residue burning, the Skill Development Centre at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) conducted a one-day training course on “Crop Residue Management” in which 23 farmers and farm women participated.
The course was held under the stewardship of Dr MS Bhullar, Director of Extension Education.
“Since tackling of air pollution during festive season has been a top priority, PAU planned this training course to stop farmers from compounding the problem through stubble burning that was detrimental to human, animal, plant and soil health in view of smoke emanating due to straw blaze,” observed Dr Rupinder Kaur, Associate Director (Skill Development).
The Technical Coordinator Dr Mahesh Narang, Head, the Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering; and the Course Coordinator Dr Preetinder Kaur focused on residue management technologies and shed light on the importance of this training course, respectively.
Dr Gurpreet Kaur apprised the farmers of early maturing paddy varieties, while Dr Harminder Singh Sidhu and Dr Manpreet Singh explained the wheat sowing using Happy Seeder, Smart Seeder and Super Seeder on combine harvested paddy fields.
Dr. Baldev Dogra, Dr Jasvir Singh Gill and Dr Apoorav Prakash demonstrated the use of baler, Surface Seeder-cum-mulching, rotavator, mould board plough, etc. for the management of paddy straw.
Dr Beant Singh and Dr Manpreet Singh Khiva explained the management of insect-pests and weeds in rabi crops.Mrs Kanwaljit Kaur proposed a vote of thanks.