Ludhiana, Aug. 9 -- The department of farm machinery and power engineering (FMPE) at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), organised a comprehensive "Training of Trainers on Paddy Straw Management to Control Straw Burning." The programme aimed to equip agriculture officers, development officers, extension officers and assistant agriculture engineers from the department of agriculture and farmer welfare with the latest techniques and tools for effective paddy residue management.

A total of 55 participants from 11 districts including Jalandhar, Kapurthala, SBS Nagar, Ropar, Fatehgarh Sahib, SAS Nagar, Patiala, Moga, Sangrur and Hoshiarpur took part in the training session. They were introduced to a wide range of in-situ and ex-situ straw m...