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A three-day integrated mango and jackfruit festival commenced astatine Nexus Centre City Mall connected Friday, bringing unneurotic integrated farmers, consumers and horticulture experts nether 1 roof.
Organised to make amended marketplace opportunities for farmers associated with clusters formed nether the Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), an inaugural of the Department of Horticulture, the festival showcases the affluent diverseness of mango and jackfruit varieties grown crossed Karnataka.
Noted wildlife photographers Krupakar and Senani and Joint Director of Horticulture Manjunath Angadi were among those contiguous astatine the inauguration.
Organisers said visitors tin research astir 80 varieties of mangoes and much than 35 varieties of jackfruit during the festival. The lawsuit seeks to beforehand nonstop enactment betwixt integrated growers and consumers portion creating consciousness astir people ripened fruits and region-specific varieties.
The festival besides features unrecorded demonstrations connected preparing specialty nutrient items utilizing mango and jackfruit, allowing visitors to sensation and acquisition the products. Traditional foods and snacks prepared by farming families from antithetic parts of the State are besides connected show and sale.
In addition, workshops connected municipality horticulture and earthy soap-making utilizing integrated ingredients are being conducted arsenic portion of the event. The accumulation highlights the unsocial characteristics of idiosyncratic mango varieties, their climatic suitability and the value of people ripened produce.
