Balkrishan, a 50-year-old farmer from Sangrur, attended the Kisan Mela at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) in 2006. He attended a lecture on microorganisms in the soil and how they were destroyed by paddy straw burning. He stuck to it and never burned straw again.
The Punjab Agricultural University Teachers’ Association (PAUTA) protested at the inauguration of the Kisan Mela on Friday, forcing the chief guest Agriculture Minister Gurpreet Singh Khudian to leave the stage and go down to the agitated professors.
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Entomology Department Ludhiana in collaboration with the Directorate of Extension Education, conducted a three-day scientific beekeeping training course at Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Cantonment at Baddowal, Ludhiana.
Paddy experts have warned that the continuation of intense rains till the end of the month may cause dislocation and fungal diseases in the standing crop.