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The Karnataka Cashew Development Corporation (KCDC) volition organise a two-day cashew mela astatine Kadri Park successful the metropolis from Sunday, May 17.
Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology Eshwar Khandre volition inaugurate the lawsuit astatine 11 a.m.
Addressing property persons present connected Friday, chairperson of KCDC Mamatha Gatti said that determination volition beryllium method sessions connected cashew cultivation and processing connected some days.
Sessions connected Sunday
J. Dinakara Adiga, manager of the Directorate of Cashew Research (DCR), nether the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Puttur, volition talk regarding modern technologies successful cashew farming connected the archetypal time of the mela, aft the inauguration.
Later, Veena G.L. Gowda, elder idiosyncratic (horticulture), DCR, volition talk connected cashew processing and worth addition.
Progressive cashew husbandman Kadamajalu Subhash Rai volition stock his experiences connected cashew farming, and cashew processor Vishwakeshava volition besides stock his experiences, she said.
Sessions connected Monday
Ms. Gatti said that Prakash Kalbavi, erstwhile president of the Karnataka Cashew Manufacturers Association, volition talk connected ‘Cashew Farming and Atma Nirbhar – 2035’ connected Monday, May 18.
Venkatesh N. Hubballi, erstwhile manager of the Directorate of Cashewnut and Cocoa Development (DCCD), Kochi, C. Sunil, co-ordinator, Cashew Technology Centre, Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agriculture and Horticultural Sciences, Shivamogga, and Dadasaheb Desai, lawman manager (Horticulture), DCCD, volition talk connected assorted topics connected Monday.
Free cashew pome juice
Ms. Gatti said that cashew pome foodstuff volition beryllium served escaped of outgo to the participants astatine the mela.
Cashew saplings and value-added products of cashew nuts volition beryllium sold during the event. There volition beryllium astir 70 stalls astatine the mela selling workplace products.
The KCDC has organised antithetic competitions for students and women connected the occasion. These see speech, drawing, and rangoli competitions. Progressive cashew farmers volition beryllium felicitated, and immoderate taste programmes volition beryllium held successful the evenings. The KCDC has besides organised escaped oculus investigating facilities for farmers astatine the mela, Ms. Gatti said.
Entry to the mela is free.
