Field Day at Bandora village and Farmers-Scientist interaction under Scheduled Tribe Component at Ponda

   

    Dr. Paramesha V. (Scientist, Agronomy & STC Coordinator), visited FLD plots at Farmagudi, Bandora village in Ponda and organised a Field Day on 19-07-2021 for an active Farmers-Scientist Interaction under the Scheduled Tribe Component (STC). In this Field day, all the scientists and the ST farmers of SHGs went around FLD plots on vegetable production technology and productivity enhancement of local vegetables like bitter gourd, cucumber, snake gourd, pumpkin etc. reviewed progress of the activities and discussed further action plans. The team witnessed the satisfactory establishment of vegetables (bitter gourd, cucumber, snake gourd, pumpkin) under terrace system and ascertained the benefits accrued under the programme. Farmers expressed satisfaction about the technological interventions like nutrient and pest management and thus informed about enhanced income of all the group members. Impact of technological interventions through the farm-machineries provided to the groups was very evident in increased labour efficiency and savings in costs due to these interventions. Discussions were held on deciding the interventions in these farms for the upcoming Kharif and Rabi seasons. After taking into account the prevailing conditions and the problems faced by the farmers, the scientists’ team designed the interventions for future action plan.