MOPAKHAT, 22 Sep: A team of the Longding Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), under the leadership of A Kirankumar Singh, organized a training programme on Monday for the farmers here in Kanubari circle on sustainable jhum (shifting) cultivation practices, aiming to address the critical issues of soil erosion, nutrient loss, and water scarcity that challenges traditional farming in the rainfed hill regions of Longding district.

During the programme, Singh and his team introduced a scientifically designed rabi crop package, featuring high-yielding and climate-resilient varieties of mustard, lentil, pea and gram, and apprised the farmers of sustainable practices such as line sowing, proper crop spacing, organic manure application, crop rotation, intercropping, and mulching to improve soil structure

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