GANGTOK, 30 Oct: Krishi Vigyan Kendra, ICAR Sikkim Centre, Ranipool, East Sikkim organised an exposure visit for the farmers of Nandok Farm School on Tuesday which was sponsored by ATMA (East), Deptt. of FS&AD, Govt. of Sikkim.
The Farm School Programme on Quality Vegetable Seedling Production under Low-cost Structure is a profit oriented entrepreneurial farm venture at Nandok Village of East Sikkim recently launched by KVK, Ranipool in collaboration with ATMA (East).
A press release informs that this exposure visit programme was arranged at Chhota Singtam village of Assam Lingzey in order to have a face-to-face interaction with a successful vegetable grower D P Sapkota, who has excelled in vegetable cultivation and proved that it can be a lucrative enterprise by establishing a strong marketing network. More than 30 farmers of Farm School, Nandok led by Gokul Rai, the Farm School Teacher participated in this programme.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. A K Mohanty [Programme Coordinator, KVK, ICAR Sikkim Centre, Ranipool] commended the efforts of Mr Sapkota and hoped that this type of exposure visit to a successful farmer’s field would be an eye-opener for the emerging agri-preneurs to excel in their efforts and boost their self-confidence and motivate them to replicate such activities leading to large scale organic vegetable cultivation. It is noteworthy to mention that Mr Sapkota has created an organic vegetable centre at his own village, the release adds.
During the exposure visit, DP Sapkota of Chhota Singtam, Assam Lingzey, an award winning and highly acclaimed vegetable grower of that region shared his experience starting from failure to success and his journey to become a successful vegetable grower which has enabled him to supply an average of more than 50 quintals of vegetables daily to the Gangtok market. Farmers–to-farmer interaction was made on vegetable farming like tomato, cauliflowers, cabbage and knol-khol.
Pratima [BTH, ATM (East), Gangtok] also stressed upon the importance of the exposure visit and said that this is the right place for the Nandok Farm School to get first-hand experience on the most relevant field i.e., vegetable production.
Earlier Tezoshi Khawas [SRF, NICRA-KVK] welcomed the gathering and highlighted that the commodity oriented exposure visit for the farmers will help Farmer- to- Farmer extension. Similarly Dr. J K Singh [SMS, Plant Breeding, KVK, Ranipool] opined that this exposure visit has encouraged the farmers of Nandok for wide scale adoption of vegetable production.
The Farm School Programme on Quality Vegetable Seedling Production under Low-cost Structure is a profit oriented entrepreneurial farm venture at Nandok Village of East Sikkim recently launched by KVK, Ranipool in collaboration with ATMA (East).
A press release informs that this exposure visit programme was arranged at Chhota Singtam village of Assam Lingzey in order to have a face-to-face interaction with a successful vegetable grower D P Sapkota, who has excelled in vegetable cultivation and proved that it can be a lucrative enterprise by establishing a strong marketing network. More than 30 farmers of Farm School, Nandok led by Gokul Rai, the Farm School Teacher participated in this programme.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. A K Mohanty [Programme Coordinator, KVK, ICAR Sikkim Centre, Ranipool] commended the efforts of Mr Sapkota and hoped that this type of exposure visit to a successful farmer’s field would be an eye-opener for the emerging agri-preneurs to excel in their efforts and boost their self-confidence and motivate them to replicate such activities leading to large scale organic vegetable cultivation. It is noteworthy to mention that Mr Sapkota has created an organic vegetable centre at his own village, the release adds.
During the exposure visit, DP Sapkota of Chhota Singtam, Assam Lingzey, an award winning and highly acclaimed vegetable grower of that region shared his experience starting from failure to success and his journey to become a successful vegetable grower which has enabled him to supply an average of more than 50 quintals of vegetables daily to the Gangtok market. Farmers–to-farmer interaction was made on vegetable farming like tomato, cauliflowers, cabbage and knol-khol.
Pratima [BTH, ATM (East), Gangtok] also stressed upon the importance of the exposure visit and said that this is the right place for the Nandok Farm School to get first-hand experience on the most relevant field i.e., vegetable production.
Earlier Tezoshi Khawas [SRF, NICRA-KVK] welcomed the gathering and highlighted that the commodity oriented exposure visit for the farmers will help Farmer- to- Farmer extension. Similarly Dr. J K Singh [SMS, Plant Breeding, KVK, Ranipool] opined that this exposure visit has encouraged the farmers of Nandok for wide scale adoption of vegetable production.
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