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The two-day jackfruit festival concluded astatine Nanjaraja Bahadur choultry successful Mysuru connected Sunday (May 17), with Deputy Conservator of Forests (Social Forestry) Shankare Gowda urging radical to conserve and popularise the indigenous varieties of the fruit.
“Our Mysuru portion is location to divers varieties of jackfruit and mango. Our wood regions are a treasure location of sour mango trees and different chaotic mango species. Rare varieties of jackfruit are besides recovered here. If we neglect to conserve them, aboriginal generations whitethorn not adjacent get to spot these varieties,” helium said, portion emphasising connected the request to identify, conserve, and popularise specified indigenous varieties.
He was speaking aft distributing prizes to children who participated successful the ‘Na Kandante Halasu’ (’Jackfruit Through My Eyes’) coating contention organised astatine the festival nether the associated aegis of Sahaja Samrudha, Desi Seeds Producer Company, and the Department of Horticulture – Kisan Mall.
Manjunath Angadi, Deputy Director of Horticulture, Mysuru, said a Kisan Mall was established connected the Horticulture Nursery premises adjacent Kukkarahalli Lake for the payment of farmers and consumers.
“Organic products, cultivation tools, and bio-inputs volition beryllium made disposable determination connected a regular basis. Farmers and consumers should marque bully usage of this facility,” helium said.
A property connection released by the organisers present said the ‘Na Kandante Halasu’ coating contention was organised nether the aegis of ICAR–JSS Krishi Vigyan Kendra.
In the 5–9 years category, Moulya S. won the archetypal prize, Rishika Nandi S.K. secured 2nd place, and Vihaan A. won 3rd place. In the 10–12 years category, Adya E. Srivatsa won the archetypal prize, Dheeraj secured 2nd place, and Gokul Aryan won 3rd place, the connection said.
In the jackfruit bulb-eating competition, Jayalakshmi won successful the women’s category, portion Mohan Kumar S.D. won successful the men’s category. In the jackfruit lifting competition, Ramachandra won successful the men’s section, and Sumitha won the jackfruit weight-guessing contention successful the women’s category.
The organisers said the two-day jackfruit festival successfully attracted ample crowds, with much than 6,000 visitors attending the fair.
“Around 1,000 saplings of reddish jackfruit varieties specified arsenic Siddhu and Shankara were sold. Jackfruits brought by growers from antithetic parts of Karnataka witnessed brisk sales. Customers particularly rushed to bargain the uncommon red-coloured ‘Chandra Halasu’ variety,” the connection added.
Visitors besides enthusiastically purchased value-added jackfruit products. Dasheri and different integrated mango varieties received an fantabulous effect from consumers. Business transactions worthy astir ₹30 lakh were recorded during the two-day event, the organisers said successful a statement.
Meanwhile, arrangements had been made to proceed the merchantability of mangoes and jackfruits astatine the Kisan Mall for the adjacent 1 week for the convenience of customers who could not be the festival.
