Moga, August 14

Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) have initiated a collaborative project to promote ‘tar-wattar Direct Seeded Rice (DSR)’ technology in the state.

The two-year NABARD-sponsored project focuses on capacity building of farmers on ‘tar-wattar DSR’ technique through trainings and demonstrations in fields across 12 districts. The aim of the project is to upscale the shift towards water-saving techniques for conserving natural resources.

MS Bhullar, head, Department of Agronomy, PAU, Ludhiana, said under the project, six training webinars on ‘tar-wattar DSR’ were conducted, in which more than 300 farmers participated.

Farmers demonstrated the technique on more than 200 acres in six districts in the current season, he said. — TNS

Project to save water in rice cultivation
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