National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) ,
Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi Project
Centre for Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology
for Climate Smart Agriculture and Water Management(CAAST - CSAWM)
Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Tal. Rahuri, Dist. Ahmednagar 413 722

Three Days Training on Applications on Precision Farm Machineries

Date & Time 23 - Monday, May 27, 2019
Location :- Seminar Hall,Dr.ASCAET,MPKV,Rahuri

The Center for Advance Agricultural Science and Technology (CAAST) for Climate Smart Agriculture and Water Management (CSAWM) is functioning at MPKV, Rahuri. The major objective of the center is capacity building of PG students, staff, scientist to use different climate smart precision agricultural machinery for climate smart precision agriculture and water managementand to organizing training programs for enhancing the employment opportunities through starting of business and entrepreneurship. Precision agricultural machineries utilize precise inputs and reduce the cost of crop cultivation. With rapidly growing population, environmental degradation, global warming and the reduction of arable land, food security will be an acute issue and feeding the teeming population would require innovation in agricultural methods and the extensive use of precision agricultural machineries. In accordance to this CAAST-CSAWM, MPKV, Rahuri organized a Training Programme on“Applications of Precision Farm Machineries" at Seminar Hall of Dr. A.S.CAE&T, MPKV, Rahuri.
 

Objectives of workshops

  • To understand the technologies used for precision farm machineries (Belt type precision planter, Vacuum Precision Planter, Laser Leveller and Variable rate pesticide applicator,)
  • To study operation and maintenance of these machineries

Training Participants