Crop workshop seek to incorporate latest developments in agriculture

The 5-day crop workshop to revise Bundle of Methods at Kerala Agricultural University has concluded with a phone to include and update latest developments in the discipline of agriculture in just about every 5 yrs.

Bundle of Methods (PoP) is the compendium of all technologies suited for the scientific cultivation of one hundred fifty plus various crops cultivated by the farmers in the State. The condition amount PoP workshop is the body, which has the electric power to grant authorization for which includes latest technologies and versions into the latest version of Bundle of Methods.

At the workshop, agricultural technologies such as the mobile application Farm Extension Manager (FEM), vacuum frying of greens and fruits, bio capsule of Trichoderma, machinery for coconut milk extraction named Keradhara, crop versions like Manuvarna (rice), Amaranthus ( vaika), Panniyoor 9, ten ( pepper), Nihana (cashew) have been permitted.

The sixteenth Bundle of Methods crop workshop was structured by KAU by way of on the web manner wherein a lot more than 200 dignitaries which includes eminent researchers, farmers, and officials participated.

Before in his inaugural handle the State Agriculture Minister, P. Prasad has known as upon the scientific community to do a lot more to help and uplift farmers with more recent technologies. Apart from crisis administration, the farmers want help in extended perspective, he stated.

The State Revenue, Minister K Rajan, presided around the functionality.