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The authorities expect much than 5 lakh visitors to Krishi Mela 2025 scheduled to beryllium held from December 5 to 7 astatine the University of Agricultural Sciences, Mandya.
This was stated by K.M. Harinikumar, peculiar serviceman of the varsity, successful a property league held astatine the V.C. Farm successful Mandya connected Tuesday.
Mr. Harinikumar said the Krishi Mela 2025 would person 350 stalls and diagnostic exhibitions of caller cultivation technologies, merchandise displays, demonstrations of cultivation and horticultural practices, livestock-rearing techniques, aquaculture, and accusation and income of some indigenous and overseas breeds.
“Our territory has abundant h2o resources, and we volition springiness precedence to aquaculture by encouraging the operation of workplace ponds,” helium added.
The Krishi Mela volition beryllium inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and connected the 2nd day, Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries H.D. Kumaraswamy volition participate.
A important diagnostic of the Krishi Mela is that it volition diagnostic hi-tech horticulture demonstrations isolated from show of improved fodder varieties and technologies and fruits and flowers.
There volition beryllium a millet just and a objection connected preparing chemical-free jaggery. Indigenous varieties of cattle volition beryllium portion of the mela portion assorted aspects related to agriculture volition besides beryllium portion of the exhibition. This includes accumulation and show fo biofuel technologies, cultivation machinery, portion determination volition beryllium accusation connected processing and worth summation to cultivation and horticultural crops with peculiar accent connected millets.
The Krishi Mela volition besides showcase beekeeping, and it volition beryllium promoted arsenic a root of supplementary income procreation to farmers. Information connected cultivation of indigenous medicinal plants done declaration farming and selling these nutrient volition besides beryllium shared with the farmers.
The varsity volition felicitate 10 progressive farmers for their accomplishment successful the cultivation sector, and they volition beryllium presented with territory level awards. In addition, 55 young farmers volition beryllium honoured with taluk-level awards.
Mr. Harinikumar said transport arrangements person been made from assorted taluk centres to the venue, and a autobus would run each 15 minutes from Mandya to the V.C. Farm.
P.S. Fathima, University Registrar; G.M. Devagiri, Director of Research; Muniswamy Gowda, University Dean; B.S. Basavaraju, Joint Director of Research and Publicity Committee Chairperson; A.D. Ranganath, Director of Extension, and others were present.
