Training on mass production of maize in Mon

Keeping in mind that maize is the second most important cereal crops for the people of Mon district after rice, one day training for mass production of maize was held at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Mon on May 2.

Even though maize is an integral part in the lives of Mon people, the varieties cultivated by the people are mostly local and composite which have low production, nutrition and long duration. Therefore, taking into account the importance of the crop, KVK Mon introduced high yielding, short duration and high nutrition value hybrid variety for mass production purpose and imparted the training for the benefit of the farmers of the district.

Resource persons at the training, Dr. M.S. Sachan, Subject Matter Specialist (Plant Breeding), Martha Chakruno, Subject Matter Specialist (Plant Protection) and Dr. Paihem Michui, Subject Matter Specialist (Animal Science) spoke on “Production technology of hybrid Maize”, “Pest Management of Maize” and “Maize as important feed for livestock” respectively. Altogether 25 farmers from different villages attended the training programme, where four new farmers club were also formed.