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Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology Eshwar Khandre said present connected Sunday that the authorities volition put ₹1 crore for raising and distributing grafted cashew saplings for farmers done the wood section and Karnataka Cashew Development Corporation (KCDC).
Addressing a gathering aft inaugurating a two-day cashew mela organised by the KCDC astatine Kadri Park, the Minister said that aft the endosulfan spray successful cashew plantations created havoc decades ago, galore farmers turned distant from cultivating cashew. Cashew manufacturers are importing cashew nuts to conscionable the processing demand, arsenic home accumulation is low. There is ample accidental to turn cashew successful the coastal and Malnad belts. To marque the State self-reliant successful cashew production, the authorities volition marque each effort to boost cultivation. As a measurement successful this regard, grafted cashew saplings volition beryllium grown successful the nurseries of the Forest Department and KCDC from this twelvemonth itself, with an concern of ₹1 crore. The saplings volition beryllium distributed to farmers from adjacent twelvemonth astatine subsidised rate.
Mr. Khandre noted that the worth summation of cashew nuts and cashew apples should increase. There is besides a request to bring down accumulation costs and summation accumulation astatine the aforesaid time.
Referring to planetary warming and clime change, the Minister said that each idiosyncratic has a work to summation greenish screen and conserve nature.
Twelve progressive cashew growers were felicitated connected the occasion. D. Vedavyasa Kamath, MLA, Mangaluru City South, who is besides a cashew processor, said that home cashew accumulation meets the processing needs of industries for astir one-and-a-half months. Cashew manufacturers import nuts to conscionable the processing needs for the remaining months.
Wild mangoes
Speaking connected the occasion, Ashok Kumar Rai, MLA, Puttur, appealed to the Minister to contented an bid prohibiting the harvesting of chaotic mangoes from trees on roadsides and connected authorities property. The authorities should halt the strategy of auctioning the harvesting of chaotic mangoes from roadside trees and authorities properties, arsenic those who harvest them harm the trees. The chaotic mangoes should beryllium near for the depletion of birds, animals, and humans, helium said.
The MLA said the authorities should works chaotic mango saplings and saplings of fruit-bearing trees on the roadside.
Mamatha Gatti, chairperson, KCDC besides spoke.
