Afghan farmers impressed by India's new farming techniques
Chandigarh, A group of progressive farmers from war-torn Afghanistan today evinced interest in replicating Indian poly-house technology for vegetable cultivation and irrigation system in their country to improve the age-old farming practices. A team of 18 farmers is visiting farm expo 'Agro Tech' here as part of training programme sponsored by the Indian government under United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
"We want to have green house cultivation in our field in Afghanistan for vegetables and seedling," said Sediqullah, a farmer from Balkh province of Afghanistan, who as part of the delegation. A wide variety of vegetables and fruits such as raddish, tomato, potato, onion, chilly, cauliflower, grapes, pomegranate, apple, orange, apricot, strawberry is grown in Afghanistan.
The farmers hailing from various places including Kabul, Baghlan, Logar, Paghman and other areas of Afghanistan viewed with interest the new technology innovations displayed at farm expo here. The armers said they were impressed by the technology adopted by Indian farmers in growing vegetables for achieving
higher productivity. Farmers also showed interest in drip irrigation and canal system for watering crop. "We also like to have drip irrigation technology for watering the crop," Sediqullah said.
Ebrahimi, the Coordinator of UN Agency, who is leading the delegation, said that Afghan farmers also visited the Centre of Excellence for vegetables at Gharaunda in Karnal and Centre of Excellence at Mangiana in Sirsa district of Haryana. Haryana government in collaboration with Israel had set up centre of excellence at Karnal
and Sirsa.
Chandigarh, A group of progressive farmers from war-torn Afghanistan today evinced interest in replicating Indian poly-house technology for vegetable cultivation and irrigation system in their country to improve the age-old farming practices. A team of 18 farmers is visiting farm expo 'Agro Tech' here as part of training programme sponsored by the Indian government under United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
"We want to have green house cultivation in our field in Afghanistan for vegetables and seedling," said Sediqullah, a farmer from Balkh province of Afghanistan, who as part of the delegation. A wide variety of vegetables and fruits such as raddish, tomato, potato, onion, chilly, cauliflower, grapes, pomegranate, apple, orange, apricot, strawberry is grown in Afghanistan.
The farmers hailing from various places including Kabul, Baghlan, Logar, Paghman and other areas of Afghanistan viewed with interest the new technology innovations displayed at farm expo here. The armers said they were impressed by the technology adopted by Indian farmers in growing vegetables for achieving
higher productivity. Farmers also showed interest in drip irrigation and canal system for watering crop. "We also like to have drip irrigation technology for watering the crop," Sediqullah said.
Ebrahimi, the Coordinator of UN Agency, who is leading the delegation, said that Afghan farmers also visited the Centre of Excellence for vegetables at Gharaunda in Karnal and Centre of Excellence at Mangiana in Sirsa district of Haryana. Haryana government in collaboration with Israel had set up centre of excellence at Karnal
and Sirsa.
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