12th, Feburary, 2022
Topic: Agriculture
Importance: Himachal HPAS Mains
What is the news?
- Himachal has a growing potential in pulses: VC.
Vice-Chancellor of CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University shared:
- Due to agro-climatic advantages, Himachal has great potential for growing pulses, said HK Chaudhary, Vice-Chancellor of CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, at a seminar held on the university campus to commemorate the World Pulses Day here yesterday.
- “Although “daal-bhat” (pulses-rice) is a staple food for the people of the state, farmers have lost the enthusiasm to grow them. They do not grow enough legumes for a variety of reasons after the introduction of high-yield wheat, rice and maize varieties, which depend on chemical fertilizers,’ he said.
- He said that since pulse crops are intolerant of high fertilizer doses, farmers no longer grow them as intercrops. These crops are a gift from nature and field crops mixed with pulses make the ground healthier. Such crops even clean the environment by fixing nitrogen from the atmosphere, he said.
- He asked farmers to grow pulses despite low production. Farmers must benefit from over 24 varieties of high-yield pulses and technology developed by the university to improve production.
- Dr SP Dixit, Director of Research, and Dr DK Vatsa, Dean, College of Agriculture, said that pulses were essential components of our daily food. The state produces pulses such as rajmah, mash, kulthi, moth, chana, masur, rongi, arhar, rice bean, lal mah or adjuki bean etc. In the past, these were used as intercrops with major cereal crops such as maize and wheat.
- Around 100 farmers from Maulichak, postgraduate students and scientists attended the programme.
(Source: HP Tribune)
Topic: Geography
Importance: Himachal HPAS Prelims and Mains
What is the news?
- Avalanche awareness workshop for young people in the Hamta Pass in Kullu.
Who organized this?
- A three-day snow avalanche awareness and training workshop for youth in Manali organized by the Himalayan Extreme Centre concluded at the Hamta Pass in Kullu district.
About Hamta Pass:
- Hamta Pass is a corridor in the Himalaya, between the Chandra Valley in Lahaul and the Kullu Valley of the Himachal Pradesh, India. The pass is named after Hamta Village.
What is an Avalanche?
- An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain. Avalanches can be set off spontaneously, by such factors as increased precipitation or snow pack weakening, or by external means such as humans, animals, and earthquakes.
(Source: HP Tribune)
