Kisan Mela Visit at ICAR-IARI Pusa Campus, New Delhi

An educational trip to “Kisan Mela  (Farmers’Fair)” at ICAR-IARI Pusa Campus, New Delhi was organized for the B. Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture students on 16^th March, 2018. The central theme of the Kisan Mela was “Doubling the farmers income” in due course of time. Students experience of knowledgeable exhibition presented by different Government and Private Organizations across the country. Students saw multiple types of agricultural tools, like- mud- loader, rotavator, seed drill machine, modern spray pump, combine harvester and thrasher, pivot irrigation system and straw ripper displayed in various stalls and acquired knowledge about their working and specifications. Students also grab a chance to see various plant breeding techniques, different types of herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and fertilizers and learnt to use them for improving crop productivity and productivity. Students also saw various disease infected specimens, models of various agricultural techniques, improved varieties of fruits and vegetable crops and useful insects for crop plants; and dry flower species as well as various species of ornamental cultivated flowers. In the exhibition students got to know about bee hives, honey extraction and the bi-products of honey bees and their uses.