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    "Rice Self-Sufficiency and Beyond" - Agricultural Field Day begins today

    July 22, 2015

    An agricultural field day with the theme "Rice Self-Sufficiency and Beyond" will be held from July 22 to 24 at Batalegoda Rice Research and Development Institute as a way to educate farmers  about harvesting techniques in paddy cultivation.

     
    This event will include new technologies including recently recommended paddy varieties, anti-weed campaigns and techniques, demonstrations on weed management, traditional paddy varieties, the qualitative characters of traditional and upgraded paddy varieties,  manure application, demonstrations on combined herbicide control methods, the effects of using various types of herbicides for weed management, a stall that includes various rice planting techniques, Seed paddy clinic, wet/dry irrigation, production of various food items using rice etc. and will be very useful especially to farming community.

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