It is a Non credit programme developed in collabration with IGNOU Regional Centre ,Kolkata (West Bengal). Currently, the programme is available only for West Bengal Farmers.
Focus of the Programme:
- Commercialization of Potato cultivation with exclusively market driven inputs like fertilizers, pesticides etc. in an exorbitant levels is now the common farmers’ practice.
- IPM i.e. a combined approach wherein biological, chemical, cultural, physical and genetic manipulation techniques may be effectively utilized in sustenance of productivity of potato.
- IPM Technology in potato cultivation is need of the day for the potato growers.
- Providing in depth knowledge & skills.
- On different areas of pest management, pest surveillance and out break forecasting.
Target Group:
This programme is open to all class: VIII passed out progressive farmers, actively engaged in potato cultivation, seed potato tuber growers, field level supervisors of state department of agriculture, NGO and cold storage personells, Agri-business managers.
Objective of the Programme:
- To make awarness about the difference between exclusive chemical based technology and IPM technology to all concerned of potato crop.
- To equip the rural educated youth about the knowledge, skill and benefits of IPM technology in potato.
- To develop entrepreneurship in various components of IPM like bio-pesticide, Pheromone traps and biological pesticides etc.
- To create technical consultant among the enlighten farmers to disseminate IPM technology in a faster way.
- Production Technology in Potato.