BSS, Rangpur :
Experts at a training course here have stressed for expanding production and use of vermi-compost fertilisers to improve soil health, fertility and increase crop production reducing use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides.
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) organised the training course on ‘Production and application technologies of vermi-compost fertilisers’ for farmers at the Farmers’ Training Centre in Pirganj upazila town here on Tuesday.
Pirganj upazila parishad extended cooperation in organising the training course under funding of the Upazila Governance Project.
Deputy Director of the DAE for Rangpur Zulfiquer Haider attended the training course as the chief guest with Pirganj Upazila Agriculture Officer Samir Chandra Ghosh in the chair.
Vice-chairman of Pirganj upazila Monayem Sarker Manu addressed the training course as the special guest.
Upazila Agriculture Extension officer Ekhals Uddin, Pirganj Press Club President Sarwar Jahan, vermi-compost producer farmers Rabiul Islam, Shahjahan Ali and Moslema Begum also addressed the training course.
Fifty male and female farmers participated in the training to acquire practical knowledge on technologies for production and application of vermi-compost fertilisers to get more crop output improving soil health, environment, ecology and bio-diversity.
The training course will be arranged for more 100 male and female framers of the upazila in two separate batches to also inspire them in producing and utilising vermi-compost fertilisers in place of chemical fertilisers and pesticides.
The agriculture experts discussed and demonstrated the process of preparing vermi-compost fertilisers, its preservation and usage in the crop fields and narrated the positive impacts on soil health and increased agro-productions in the training course.
They disseminated necessary information on securing soil health and role of vermi-composts, composts and green manures in increasing crop productions and helping emergence of beneficial insects, birds and fishes and maintaining ecology, bio-diversity.
Experts at a training course here have stressed for expanding production and use of vermi-compost fertilisers to improve soil health, fertility and increase crop production reducing use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides.
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) organised the training course on ‘Production and application technologies of vermi-compost fertilisers’ for farmers at the Farmers’ Training Centre in Pirganj upazila town here on Tuesday.
Pirganj upazila parishad extended cooperation in organising the training course under funding of the Upazila Governance Project.
Deputy Director of the DAE for Rangpur Zulfiquer Haider attended the training course as the chief guest with Pirganj Upazila Agriculture Officer Samir Chandra Ghosh in the chair.
Vice-chairman of Pirganj upazila Monayem Sarker Manu addressed the training course as the special guest.
Upazila Agriculture Extension officer Ekhals Uddin, Pirganj Press Club President Sarwar Jahan, vermi-compost producer farmers Rabiul Islam, Shahjahan Ali and Moslema Begum also addressed the training course.
Fifty male and female farmers participated in the training to acquire practical knowledge on technologies for production and application of vermi-compost fertilisers to get more crop output improving soil health, environment, ecology and bio-diversity.
The training course will be arranged for more 100 male and female framers of the upazila in two separate batches to also inspire them in producing and utilising vermi-compost fertilisers in place of chemical fertilisers and pesticides.
The agriculture experts discussed and demonstrated the process of preparing vermi-compost fertilisers, its preservation and usage in the crop fields and narrated the positive impacts on soil health and increased agro-productions in the training course.
They disseminated necessary information on securing soil health and role of vermi-composts, composts and green manures in increasing crop productions and helping emergence of beneficial insects, birds and fishes and maintaining ecology, bio-diversity.
