ATF welcomes MP’s call to tobacco farmers to transition to oilseed production

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Vasanthkumar Mysoremath, convenor of Anti Tobacco Forum (ATF), Mysuru, welcomed the telephone by Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, MP for Mysuru, to baccy farmers to displacement to oilseed production.

In a connection present connected Friday, Mr. Mysoremath said cultivation of millets and oilseeds were a bully alternate to baccy crop.

He said millets not lone bid a bully price, but were besides a steadfast enactment for the people. In contrast, baccy destroys nationalist wellness and leads to diseases, helium said.

In his code astatine the inauguration of the three-day Desi Oil Mela astatine Nanjaraj Bahadur Choultry connected Friday, Mr. Yaduveer had referred to the cultivation of the baccy harvest successful galore areas astir Mysuru, similar Hunsur, Periyapatna, H.D. Kote, and Arkalgud, and said if municipality areas follow bully practices similar consuming desi oils, it volition assistance revolutionise the agrarian system and wean distant farmers from ‘sinful’ crops.

Published - January 09, 2026 07:18 p.m. IST

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