Ludhiana, March 19 -- In its ongoing series of Kisan Melas, the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) held a Kisan Mela at regional research station (RRS), Bathinda, on Tuesday. The Mela floated the theme 'Naviyan kheti takneekan apnao, kharch ghatao, jhaad vadhao', underscoring the need to focus on conservation agriculture (CA) and natural farming, diversifying from the wheat-rice monoculture, adopting improved varieties, tailored to modern agronomic and market needs, thereby, promoting resilient and sustainable food systems.

The chief guest, minister of agriculture and farmers' welfare, animal husbandry, fisheries, dairy development and food processing, Gurmeet Singh Khuddian, along with Satbir Singh Gosal, vice-chancellor of PAU, inaug...