BSS, Rangpur :
Agriculture experts at the inaugural ceremony of a 10-day crush course have stressed for adoption of Integrated Pests’ Management (IPM) technologies to increase safe crop output at reduced costs improving environment.
They put emphasis on cultivation of poison-free crops adopting eco-friendly technologies and chemical-free organic fertilisers to produce safer foods also to save huge foreign exchange being spent in importing chemical pesticides and insecticides.
They were addressing inaugural ceremony of the course on ‘Production of Safe Crop Adopting IPM Technologies Project’ being organised for the sub-assistant agriculture officers (SAAOs) tagged with Farmers’ Filed Schools (FFSs).
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has been organising the course at its Burirhat Horticulture Centre in the city since Tuesday for educating the participating SAAOs on IPM managements.
Acting Rangpur Regional Additional Director of the DAE Zulfiquer Haider attended the ceremony as the chief guest and formally inaugurated the course with IPM Specialist of the DAE Mohammad Safiuzzaman in the chair.
Deputy Director of the Burirhat Horticulture Centre Mohammad Tauhidul Iqbal and Rangpur Regional Director of Agriculture Information Service Abu Sayem attended and addressed the ceremony y as the special guests.
Fifty SAAOs from 49 upazilas under 14 districts of Rangpur, Rajshahi and Khulna divisions have been participating in the 10-day crush course.
SAAO of Sadar upazila in Narail district Mrs. Shamima Yasmin addressed the ceremony on behalf of the participants expressing their expectations from the training course.
IPM Specialists of the DAE from Dhaka Monirul Islam, Monitoring Officer Omar Farooque and Agriculture Extension Officer Faizul Islam have been conducting different sessions of the course as resource persons.
The resource persons have been providing practical training and knowledge top the SAAOs on cultivation and production of poison- and pesticides- free rice, fruits and vegetables, identification and managements of the beneficial and harmful insects for crops, post harvest managements for fruits and vegetables, preparation and application of organic pesticides and other environment-friendly technologies in the course.
The speakers stressed for expanded adoption of IPM and integrated crop managements to increase safe hygienic crop production at reduced costs using natural ways and organic fertilisers avoiding use of chemicals and pesticides.
They said the FFSs could be the main sources of agricultural information and latest technologies, including IPM, for the farmers to achieve more benefits by them through enhancing safer crop output to improve their livelihoods and ensure food security.
The chief guest put maximum emphasis on acquiring adequate knowledge on IPM technologies for applying those at field levels to increase production of safe crops improving environment, ecology and bio-diversity.
Agriculture experts at the inaugural ceremony of a 10-day crush course have stressed for adoption of Integrated Pests’ Management (IPM) technologies to increase safe crop output at reduced costs improving environment.
They put emphasis on cultivation of poison-free crops adopting eco-friendly technologies and chemical-free organic fertilisers to produce safer foods also to save huge foreign exchange being spent in importing chemical pesticides and insecticides.
They were addressing inaugural ceremony of the course on ‘Production of Safe Crop Adopting IPM Technologies Project’ being organised for the sub-assistant agriculture officers (SAAOs) tagged with Farmers’ Filed Schools (FFSs).
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has been organising the course at its Burirhat Horticulture Centre in the city since Tuesday for educating the participating SAAOs on IPM managements.
Acting Rangpur Regional Additional Director of the DAE Zulfiquer Haider attended the ceremony as the chief guest and formally inaugurated the course with IPM Specialist of the DAE Mohammad Safiuzzaman in the chair.
Deputy Director of the Burirhat Horticulture Centre Mohammad Tauhidul Iqbal and Rangpur Regional Director of Agriculture Information Service Abu Sayem attended and addressed the ceremony y as the special guests.
Fifty SAAOs from 49 upazilas under 14 districts of Rangpur, Rajshahi and Khulna divisions have been participating in the 10-day crush course.
SAAO of Sadar upazila in Narail district Mrs. Shamima Yasmin addressed the ceremony on behalf of the participants expressing their expectations from the training course.
IPM Specialists of the DAE from Dhaka Monirul Islam, Monitoring Officer Omar Farooque and Agriculture Extension Officer Faizul Islam have been conducting different sessions of the course as resource persons.
The resource persons have been providing practical training and knowledge top the SAAOs on cultivation and production of poison- and pesticides- free rice, fruits and vegetables, identification and managements of the beneficial and harmful insects for crops, post harvest managements for fruits and vegetables, preparation and application of organic pesticides and other environment-friendly technologies in the course.
The speakers stressed for expanded adoption of IPM and integrated crop managements to increase safe hygienic crop production at reduced costs using natural ways and organic fertilisers avoiding use of chemicals and pesticides.
They said the FFSs could be the main sources of agricultural information and latest technologies, including IPM, for the farmers to achieve more benefits by them through enhancing safer crop output to improve their livelihoods and ensure food security.
The chief guest put maximum emphasis on acquiring adequate knowledge on IPM technologies for applying those at field levels to increase production of safe crops improving environment, ecology and bio-diversity.
