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Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy said that the caller harvest varieties developed successful cultivation universities should straight payment farmers.
Participating successful Krishi Mela 2025, themed ‘Sustainability done Integrated Agriculture’, connected the V.C. Farm premises astatine Mandya connected December 6, helium said that Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar had established the workplace with large foresight for the payment of farmers successful the Mysuru region. He added that the State authorities had aboriginal upgraded it into a University of Agricultural Sciences.
Even aft 75 years of Independence, the economical conditions of farmers person not seen important improvement, helium observed.
While media platforms item the occurrence stories of a fewer farmers, the larger farming assemblage continues to look challenges. The Union and State governments person introduced respective schemes to enactment the sector, and the erstwhile has allocated ₹1.34 lakh crore for agriculture, helium noted.
On the ongoing protests implicit maize prices, the Minister criticised the State authorities for limiting its enactment to instructing Karnataka Milk Federation to procure 50,000 tonnes of maize. “At present, nary 1 is purchasing maize adjacent astatine ₹1,400 per quintal. If the State authorities opens procurement centres and supplies the maize to the Centre, the Union authorities is consenting to procure it astatine MSP,” helium said.
Mr. Kumaraswamy said Karnataka has 5,600 gram panchayats, and a connection is being considered to acceptable up warehouses and cold-storage units successful each panchayat astatine a full outgo of ₹25,000 crore. Such facilities would let farmers to store vegetables and pulses until they person just marketplace prices, thereby strengthening them economically, helium opined.
He besides stressed the request to promote younker to prosecute income-generating opportunities wrong agriculture alternatively than migrate to cities for jobs.
If the State authorities provides onshore and basal infrastructure, industries tin beryllium established successful Mandya district, helium said.
Sri Nirmalanandanatha Swami of Adichunchanagiri Mutt, who graced the occasion, urged farmers to follow technological approaches and modern technologies. Working smartly, alternatively than simply moving hard, volition assistance farmers heighten their income, helium said. The just provides an accidental for farmers to larn and follow caller cultivation practices, helium added.
On the occasion, Mr. Kumaraswamy released the ‘Hasiru Siri’ souvenir. Technical handbooks containing utile accusation for farmers were besides released. Progressive farmers from Chamarajanagar and Hassan districts were felicitated.
