PAU ALL SET TO HOLD ITS FIRST KISAN MELA AT BALLOWAL SAUNKHRI ON MARCH 1

LUDHIANA, FEBRUARY 28:



The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) is all set to hold its first Regional Kisan Mela at Ballowal Saunkhri (District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar) on March 1, 2013. Dr G.S. Nanda, Member, Board of Management, and former Director of Research, PAU, will be the chief guest of this occasion whereas Dr Baldev Singh Dhillon, Vice-Chancellor, PAU, will preside over the mela. Smt. Tanu Kashyap, Deputy Commissioner, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, will highlight the district development plans with special reference to Kandi area. The theme of the mela will be "Ghar di sabzi-dal ugao: sihat banao, paise bachao (Grow vegetables and pulses in your household kitchen garden: Save money and Stay healthy)." The Director of Research of PAU, Dr S.S. Gosal will present the research highlights of the University.



Giving programme overview, Dr M.S. Gill, Director of Extension Education, said that the PAU subject-matter specialists will apprise the farmers of the improved varieties of different crops for Kandi area, role and importance of farm literature, insect-pest and plant disease management, vegetable production, soil problems and their management, home science management and nutrition. Besides, the experts will dwell upon the scope of horticulture/agro-horticulture, and forestry/agro-forestry in Kandi region. The Additional Director of Communication of PAU and the farm experts of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Agronomy, Entomology, Plant Pathology, Vegetable Science, Soil Science, Horticulture, Forestry and Natural Resources, and Home Science Extension will share their views and respond to all the queries of the participating farmers during the question/answer session. The expert of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana, will speak on livestock management during the technical session.
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