Scheme for mustard farmers, Borka

Borka village in Kamrup is being targeted for improved mustard cultivation under a joint programme of Lions Club and the Assam Agricultural University.

The programme aims to improve the capacities of 700 farmers of Borka village in Kamrup district in certified seed production technology of high-yielding toria (mustard) varieties TS-36 and TS-38 developed by the Assam Agricultural University.

The village is being targeted under a village adoption programme of Lions Care and Horticultural Research Station Kahikuchi is acting as the technical support partner.

Convenor of village development programme of Lions Care, a philanthropic organisation under Lions Club, Rajkumar More said a number of steps were on the anvil, including contract farming of potato and production of lentil among others, through a farmer group approach.

Dhemaji ready to export Organic paddy to European Countries

Dhemaji district in Assam is getting ready to export organic paddy (bao dhan) to European countries.

The development took place after the agriculture department traced the high protein and iron content in four traditional bao paddy varieties in the flood-prone district, during a recent study.

Dhemaji deputy commissioner M.S. Manivannan said samples of four bao paddy varieties have already been sent to the desired European farm through a New Delhi-based institution.

The local administration is waiting to get a green signal from the authorities concerned for sending as much as 40 metric tonnes organic paddy in the first phase.

A team of European experts will visit the district within the next month for a detailed study of the concept of bao paddy cultivation and the visit will follow a direct link between the Dhemaji farmers and the European paddy exporters.