ICAR-CCARI organized  ‘Rice Field Day’ at Chorao village, North Goa

    A field day on rice was organized by the Institute at Sadeti Wada of Chorao Island in North Goa district, Goa on 25th October, 2021 to showcase the varietal performance of the salt tolerant rice varieties of the Institute. Dr. Parveen Kumar, Director, in his address urged all the farmers to grow salt tolerant rice varieties developed by the Institute which have better yield potential than the locally cultivated variety Korgut. He further added that lot of paddy fields affected with salinity (locally called Khazan land) are lying fallow in the state and that the new salt tolerant rice varieties of the Institute will definitely help increasing the productivity and income of the farmers. Earlier Dr. Manohara KK, Senior Scientist (Plant Breeding) welcomed the Director and all the farmers of Chorao Island to the field day. He briefed the farmers about the yield potential and salient features of four salt tolerant rice varieties developed by the Institute, namely, Goa Dhan 1, Goa Dhan 2, Goa Dhan 3 and Goa Dhan 4. He further added that the all these four varieties can able to withstand multiple stress prevailing in the low-lying Khazan fields. About 30 farmers from the Island village attended the field day. Farmers group were happy to see the performance of all the four varieties demonstrated in the field. They were informed to use the quality seeds available with ICAR and state agricultural department and other reliable sources to increase the yield potential. Dr. Manohara KK and Dr. Paramesha V organized the programme.