Training held on prospects of Organic Farming in Sikkim

GANGTOK, 30 Oct: Three-day training on prospects of Organic Farming in North East commenced on 29 October at SAMETI Hall, Tadong. The training is jointly organized by Extension Education Institute (EEI) Jorhat, Assam and State Agriculture Management Extension Training Institute (SAMETI) under FS&AD department, Sikkim. Forty extension functionaries participated in the training.
A press release informs that Principal Director FS&AD Department, P Tshering Bhutia was present as the chief guest in the inaugural programme. The Associate Professors of EEI Jorhat, Dr. Arup Kumar Bhattercharja and Dr R. Barua were the resource persons. At the outset, the Director SAMETI welcomed the chief guest, eminent resource persons from Jorhat and the participants.
P Tshering Bhutia in his inaugural address highlighted on the initiation of organic farming and mentioned that the soil health is the basic factor for organic farming which depends on the microbial load present in the soil. He also mentioned that those who are present in the training will be the trainers of trainings of the state.
Dr. Arup Kumar Bhattercharja and Dr R. Barua mentioned that this training was proposed in the regional meeting of NE Zone by the SAMETI Directors while formulating the training need of North East which includes Sikkim. The programme concluded with vote of thanks by Shyam Das [Dy. Director IPM].