'SATHI'
Agriculture is one of the prominent sectors of the Indian economy providing livelihoods to more than half of India’s population and fulfilling multiple sustainable development goals. In relation to this LPU created a project name SATHI (Skills, Agriculture, Technology, Health, and Ideation) for the farmers with a view to empower them.
Innovative Farming, Energy saving Workshops, Bakery Workshop
At this workshop the need to understand the fundamentals, science, and processes behind natural farming practices, step-wise adoption of natural farming were highlighted. The importance of livestock and cattle to ensure better nutrition was also talked about.
Multi stakeholder Innovation Platform meeting on
Research-Extension- Farmer Market Linkage
The meeting was conducted with the farmers at Anaj mandi, Raipur Phrala by School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara on 23rd October, 2021. In the meeting, the innovative ideas were discussed for the research done in university and hence can be extended to farmers for their benefit.
Farmers meet on Doubling Farmers Income and Nutritional Security
On December 23, 2021, the School of Agriculture conducted a Farmers Meeting on Doubling Farmers Income and Nutritional Security. The Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar's School of Agriculture held the meeting with the farmers in Hardaspur, Phagwara. Farmers participated in a conversation about the development of crops that may double their income. Additionally, it was considered important to maintain the nutritional security of the crops while increasing income without reducing agricultural nutrition. Experts introduced farmers with modern cash crops such as, Sericulture, Mushroom cultivation, bee farming and advantages of Organic farming.
Instructional farm
The University has enough acres of land comprising instructional farms including Polyhouses, Shed Net House, and Germination Chamber, etc. Instructional farmland is further demarcated into104 acres for the conduct of practical and Hands-on Training of students as well as the local farmers. The farm area is provided as per the requirement of respective domains for developing skills of students in agro-techniques such as land preparation, plant protection measures, sowing methods, harvesting, grading-packing methods, etc.
Mushroom Cultivation
Students are also engaged with production, harvesting and marketing practices of mushroom. One separate room has been allocated for providing practical skilland Hands-on-experience over production of mushroom.
Bee-Keeping units
Apart from honey production, the bees also play a vital role in pollination of numerous fruits and vegetables thus contributing towards enhancement of yield. The students get hands-on various aspects of honeybee management i.e. establishment of honeybee colonies, bee hive management, honey collection and extraction, processing and marketing of honey.
Sericulture
The raising of silkworms for the production of silk is known as sericulture or "silk farming." Bombyx mori, the caterpillar of the domestic silkmoth, is the most widely used and extensively researched silkworm despite the fact that there are other commercial kinds of them. A Sericulture facility is built at Lovely Professional University, where silkworms are raised on Mulberry leaves.
'Kisan Pragati'
LPU organized ‘Kisan Pragati’ in collaboration with NABARD, Abhivyanki Foundation to improve learning outcomes of poor and underprivileged farmers. LPU-NSS volunteers visited more than 10 adopted villages to interact with the farmers.
Organic Farming
Organic farming is a method of crop production that involves much more than choosing not to use pesticides, fertilizers, antibiotics and growth hormones. Organic production is a holistic system designed to optimize the productivity, and fitness of diverse communities within the agro-ecosystem, including soil organisms, plants, livestock, and people.
TECHNOLOGY AWARENESS PROGRAM WITH LOCAL FARMERS
University has initiated the extension programmes for dissemination of farm-based information. The focus of the workshop was the adoption of technologies that have the potential to contribute to sustainable farming systems. Technology adoption, however, is a broad concept.
In context to that local farmers from Village hardaspur, District Kapurthala, were called and awareness was given on adaption of new technologies which helps in contribute to good farming systems. Uses of IOT for chemical sprays etc are the latest technology which helps for good yield in the farming.
CROP MUSEUM
LPU has developed crop museum at its campus where various cereal, pulses, vegetables, medicinal and aromatic crops have been grown. This area is used to provide basic knowledge on various crops species and their life cycle.
SEED MUSEUM
The seed museum contains seeds of improved varieties displayed with its desirable attributes. This museum helps not only for identifying the different varieties of the crops but also understanding the importance of quality seeds. Approximately 100 gm of seeds of released varieties of cereals, millets, pulses, oilseeds and fibre crops have been collected and displayed in seed museum.
Technology helps to answer several generic agricultural concerns such as weather cost of current crop production, impact of current interest rates, and cost increases on farm operations. Computers are now seen as cost-effective management tools likely to help farmers increase efficiency and profitability of production. To this LPU setup various computer awareness camps in its adopted villages.
In Compliance with Sustainable Development Goals
The project ‘SATHI’ complies with SDG-1 (End poverty in all its forms everywhere), SDG-2 (End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture), SDG-13 (Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts) and SDG- 15 (Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss).
