Training programme on drip irrigation ends

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, April 11

A five-day training programme on ‘Drip irrigation, fertigation and protected cultivation,’ concluded at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) yesterday.

The Precision Farming Development Centre (PFDC), Department of Soil and Water Engineering, PAU, organised the course, wherein a total of 36 farmers from across the state participated.

Dr Pushpinder Singh Aulakh, Additional Director of Extension Education, PAU, was the chief guest. He said water was precious and everybody should save it.

The adoption of drip irrigation system and protected cultivation would lead Punjab towards prosperity and help to save precious natural resources, he said.

Dr Rajan Aggarwal, Head, Department of Soil and Water Engineering, said drip irrigation and fertigation were the best resource conservation technologies available to farmers. He also highlighted the importance of organising such training programmes.

Dr Rakesh Sharda, principal investigator, PFDC, said: “During the course, farmers were provided hands-on training in different aspects of drip irrigation and fertigation technologies such as installation and maintenance of drip irrigation system; and scheduling of irrigation and fertigation systems.”

Farmers were also imparted training in construction of protected cultivation structures such as poly houses and polynet houses, the cultivation practices of various vegetable crops and flowers, protection technologies and green house management.