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The Karnataka Pradesh Krishik Samaj (KPKS) has urged the State authorities to instrumentality a determination during the ongoing Winter Session of the Legislature connected upgrading the existing Diploma Agriculture College successful Bidar into a grade cultivation college.
KPKS Bidar territory president Siddaramaiah Swamy stated that Bidar territory depends mostly connected agriculture activities. Farmers successful the territory turn astir 52 antithetic crops utilizing inter-cropping and mixed-cropping methods. The territory receives astir 850 mm of rainfall annually and has fertile ungraded and a clime suitable for cultivation studies.
At present, students from Bidar territory person to question astir 250 km to institutions nether the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Raichur, to prosecute grade courses successful agriculture. This is simply a large trouble for students from mediocre backgrounds and agrarian families.
Though Bidar does not person an cultivation grade college, it already has a Krishi Vigyan Kendra and an Agricultural Research Station, which are supporting farmers done probe and hold work. With constricted concern opportunities successful the district, galore youths proceed to beryllium connected agriculture for employment, helium added.
Mr. Swamy said capable onshore and infrastructure were disposable for upgrading the college. About 125 acres of authorities onshore was disposable successful Ballur and Kaudgaon villages of Aurad taluk, and h2o availability passim the year. In addition, 36 acres of onshore was disposable astatine the Krishi Vigyan Kendra and astir 34 acres onshore at Agricultural Research Station nether UAS Raichur, helium said.
He said that a memorandum had been submitted to Minister for Agriculture N. Cheluvarayaswamy earlier, urging him to instrumentality up the contented during the ongoing Winter Session and bring it to the announcement of the authorities for an aboriginal determination connected upgrading the diploma assemblage into a degree-level cultivation assemblage successful Bidar.
Mr. Swamy added that the existing Diploma Agriculture College gathering has basal infrastructure with hostel facilities, which tin beryllium upgraded to commencement grade courses without delay.
