The School of Agriculture at Lovely Professional University organized ‘Demonstration cum Field Day on Sugarcane' for farmers of the nearby villages at Agriculture Teaching and Research Farm of the university. Organization was held in collaboration with Punjab Government’s Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Block Phagwara, District Kapurthala. For this, hundreds of farmers from nearby 20 villages participated and got awakened about how to protect plantings and enhance their yields.Renowned experts from the related government agencies, agriculture industry, and LPU faculty members advised farmers to adopt latest technologies for prosperity of each and every farmer and their families. All shared unanimously that “in spite of steep rise in population, Indian farmers are always food-providers to the country”. Farmers were also told about various subsidies and beneficial policies of the government for their betterment.
Laying special emphasis on the control of ‘Motha/Dilla’- botanical name ‘cyperus rotundus’- a plant rotting condition in Sugarcane and Maize crops, farmers were abreast of on ground realities at the Agriculture Teaching and Research Farm of the university. Two of the companies including Dhanuka Agritech (Ludhiana) guided farmers to use a special weedicide developed on Japanese technique to control deadly plant diseases.One of the farmers S Lakhwinder Singh appreciated the advanced endeavours of LPU in the field of agriculture also and asked government and private agencies to come forward with genuine helps for farmers of the state and the country. LPU Director General Er HR Singla advised farmers to utilize the true value of their fields. Executive Dean Dr Lovi Raj Gupta wanted LPU students to work with the farmers in their guidance to gain practical knowledge about farming through farmers long years’ experiences. HOD School of Agriculture Dr Ramesh Sadavarti thanked farmers for their faith in the agricultural scientific doings of LPU, for which it has got top ICAR accreditation.