A cluster of 20 farmers from Krishi Udyami Krishak Vikas Chamber, Haryana, and 40 farmers from Agriculture Production and Farmers' Welfare Department, Jammu and Kashmir, visited the Skill Development Centre, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), today to brush up their skills and knowledge on fruit and vegetable cultivation as well as subsidiary occupations.
Also, 20 farmers and farm women from Punjab received training in mushroom production from PAU. These training courses were held under the leadership of Dr MS Bhullar, Director of Extension Education.
Dr Rupinder Kaur, Associate Director (Skill Development), observed that PAU, being a premier agricultural institute, was not only popular among Punjab farmers, but also among farmers of the neighbouring states.
Several farmers of the neighbouring states were touring PAU to gather the latest information about newly developed crop varieties and technologies, which they apply in their fields, she added. Dr Kaur said Haryana, Kashmir and Punjab farmers were given information on the cultivation of horticultural crops as well as the mushrooms.
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