54 Young farmers (48 female and 06 male) of Laxmichap and Polashbari union of Nilphamari district participated in a day long workshop on Participatory Variety Selection (PVS) in 2 batches arranged by Udayankur Seba Sangstha (USS), Nilphamari under Seeds of Survival (SoS) project supported by USC Canada. A workshop was held at 01 number dhan bank, Akaluganjpara of Laxmichap union on 13th November’2018 and another workshop also held at Community Dhan Bank, Bamandanga of Palashbari Union on 14th November’2018. Participants of Laxmichap union select Green pea, potato & Bitter gourd species through these workshops following 4-cell analysis among huge number of species and then they select Narrow-long & Swallow-dwarf local variety of green pea, Silbilati & Jolpai local variety of potato and local variety bitter gourd which will cultivate by selected 5 farmers in their areas. Palashbari union participants selected Carrot, Green pea & Kaligira species through the workshop following same process and then select local varieties of carrot, green pea and Kaligira which will cultivate by selected 5 farmers in their areas. Total 10 farmers will cultivate selected varieties to find out best varieties through experiment in their plot and disseminate next. Jomil project coordinator and Nonigopal Roy community facilitator of SoS project were conducted these workshops. Abdul Kuddus Sarker coordinator M&E of USS presented at Laxmichap and Profullo Kumar Roy & Jannatun Fardous Sub Assistant Agriculture Officer (SAAO) of DAE, sader Nilphamari were present at Palashbari workshop.
Prepared by:
Md. Jomil, Project Coordinator, SoS Project USS, Nilphamari.
