India: NMIMS SAST hosts workshop on good agricultural practices for papaya farmers

Published Mar 18, 2024

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The NMIMS School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SAST), in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra and Jai Swaminarayan Banana Farmers’ Producers Company, Tardi, hosted a workshop on Good Agricultural Practices for Papaya Cultivation in Dhule district, Maharashtra. The event, attended by over 300 farmers, covered various aspects of papaya cultivation, including variety selection, crop health management, and fruit production. It also provided information on government schemes for papaya farmers, emphasized the importance of identifying farming issues for research, and featured expert lectures, water quality testing, and a product exhibition.

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Dhule, Maharashtra: The NMIMS School of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SAST); Department of Agriculture, Government of Maharashtra and Jai Swaminarayan Banana Farmers’ Producers Company, Tardi, jointly organised a ‘Farmer-Scientist-Industry Workshop on Good Agricultural Practices for Papaya Cultivation’ today at Agricultural College Farm, Tardi, Shirpur, Dhule district in Maharashtra. In Shirpur taluka, farmers grow papaya in about 12000 to 15000 acres annually. As the papaya planting season is going to commence soon, the workshop covered all aspects of papaya cultivation, from selection of the right variety, crop health management, and healthy fruit production for realising higher productivity of quality fruits and also meeting export market demands. More than 300 farmers from Shirpur, Dhule and Nandurbar areas attended the event. KM Tadavi, Senior District Agricultural Officer, Dhule district, was the chief guest of the event while Dr. Suseelendra Desai, Dean, SAST, ...

Source: Agriculture Post