Krishi Mela in Brahmavar on Oct 27, 28


Team Udayavani, Oct 26, 2018, 1:15 PM IST

Udupi: A Krishi Mela will be held at Brahmavar in Udupi district on October 27 and 28. The Mela has been organized by the Zonal Agricultural and Horticultural Research Station (ZAHRS), affiliated to the University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (UAHS), Shivamogga.

S.U. Patil, Associate Director of Research/Extension, ZAHRS, addressed the media and said that the mela will be held in association with various government departments, the Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP), and the Agricultural Diploma College. Altogether there will be 150 stalls at the exhibition organized on the mela ground.

Objective

The primary objective of the mela will be the showcase of the latest agricultural technologies through demonstrations, discussions, field visits in ZAHRS, and seminars. There will also be interactions with agricultural scientists. “This mela will provide a platform to the farmers to find solutions to their problems,” said Mr Patil.

Seminars

During the course of the mela, three seminars will be held on topics including ‘scientific cultivation of cashew, cocoa, pepper and other vegetable crops’; ‘integrated farming system for higher returns’, and ‘mechanisation and technologies for reducing cost of cultivation in paddy crop’.

The resource persons will be from the agricultural scientists of UAHS, scientists of national institutes and progressive farmers.

Other attractions

The mela will also have other attractions including the fodder production for dairy animals through hydrophonics; high-yielding varieties of rice and seed production; preparation of Dapog nursery and SRI method of cultivation, among others.

The mela will be inaugurated by Priyanka Mary Francis, Deputy Commissioner and the exhibition will be inaugurated by M.K. Naik, Vice Chancellor of UAHS.

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