The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Rangpur

Speakers at a farmers' gathering on Integrated Pests Managements (IPM) Field School day here on Wednesday said that proper disseminations of knowledge about the latest agro-technologies to the farmers would increase agriculture production.

At the same time, the production costs of all variety crops will be reduced, the soil fertility will be improved through proper usage of the IPM methods of pests management by the educated farmers at the field levels, they said.

Department of Agriculture extension (DAE) organized the gathering on "Pests Management on Brinjal through IPM" at village Mahiganj under Sadar upazila here for the farmers with a view to educate them about the positive impacts of the IPM methods.

A total of 300 male and female farmers of the area took part in the gathering to get practical knowledge on the IPM methods of pests' managements from the experts of the DAE. Chaired by Deputy Director of DAE, Rangpur Kamal Shariful Alam, the gathering was attended and addressed by Additional Director of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Rangpur Agriculture Zone M Abdur Rouf as the chief guest.

Deputy director of the DAE from Additional Director's Office Nur Mohammad, senior Horticulturists of the DAE Harun Ur Rashid, Plant Protection Specialist of the DAE Rabban Ali, Sadar Upazila Agriculture officer Alhaj Delbar Hossain, agriculture officers, were present.

The DAE experts narrated the latest technologies and IPM methods of pests' managements in the vegetables fields to educate the farmers on the issues with a view to disseminating the technology at the grass roots level.