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A 20-acre workplace connected the St Xavier’s College field astatine Thumba tally by State Award-winning husbandman S.V. Sujith had visitors from the Iowa State University, U.S., connected Tuesday.
The students and faculuty from the Horticulture Department of the assemblage held discussions with Mr. Sujith connected the rootlike farming methods practised astatine the farm, and aspects related to pest control, mechanisation and fertigation.
Mr. Sujith runs his Naaden Agro Farm connected 20 acres taken connected lease from the college. He is the victor of the Haritha Mithra Award for Best Vegetable Farmer fixed arsenic portion of the State Farm Awards for the twelvemonth 2022.
At the farm, helium grows implicit 30 types of vegetables nether the the ‘Safe to Eat’ strategy with the assistance of scientists from the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU). Mr. Sujith besides explained to the visitors the tracebility strategy for vegetables that is being enactment into signifier astatine the workplace with the assistance of the KAU, Krishi Vigyan kendra Mitra Niketan, Vellanad, and the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology..
The 14-member Iowa State University squad was led by module members Catherine Swoboda and Ajay Nair. The sojourn was locally coordinated by Gayathri G., Assistant Professor astatine the KAU College of Agriculture, Vellayani.
During the past Onam season, the sunflower blooms astatine the workplace had drawn galore visitors.
