SHILLONG: The Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, NEHU and Krishi Vigyan Kendra, West Khasi Hills District, Nongstoin jointly organized the 4th awareness and training programmne on ‘Popularization and dissemination of Technology of Biopesticide formulation among the poor and marginal farmers of weaker sections’ under Prof. H Kayang, Principal Investigator, DST Collaborating Project, NEHU ) for farmers at Pyndeng Umiong village of West Khasi Hills District on Saturday as part of effort to ensure lab to village transfer of technology.
The objective of the training programme is to create awareness about the technical knowhow on the use and function of biopesticides and to make the farmers familiar with state of the art research technologies and dissemination of the recent scientific advances in the field of soil, and crop management without interfering with traditional organic farming methods and can be mixed with farmyard manure, vermicompost or compose manure.
There are no major threats in the use of bio-pesticides formulations as it is an eco-friendly approach and contains only beneficial micro- organisms.
