Celebration of International Yoga Day, 2022 and Farmers Awareness Campaign on Efficient and Balanced Use of Fertilizers (including Nano-Fertilizers) & Agroforestry on 21.06.2022 at KVK, Kampasagar

Dr. M. Shankaraiah, Programme Coordinator, KVK, Kampasagar briefed about the health benefits of practicing Yoga daily and briefed the importance and benefits of Yoga. Guided the staff members to do Yoga asanas which will improve health fitness and decrease stress and strain in daily activities. Which is very much essential during Corona menace. In this programme Scientist of KVK, Non-Teaching staff and farm labors all were participated. Dr. M. Shankaraiah, Programme Coordinator, KVK, Kampasagar briefed about the importance of soil health & Agroforestry and advised farmers to go for soil testing before start of the season and follow soil test-based recommendation for maintaining soil health and sustainability and advised farmers to substitute most part of the chemical fertilizers with organic manures like FYM and Vermicompost. Dr. T. Bharath, SMS (Crop Production) explained about importance of green manuring and crop rotation techniques in achieving good soil health thereby increasing yields and also explained about different management techniques in Agroforestry systems. Mrs. Himabindu, SMS (Horticulture) advised farmers to use green manure and local bulky organic manure for maintaining the soil health. A total of 100 no. farmers were participated in this programme.