Krishi Mela 2023 Kicks Off in Dharwad with Enthusiastic Attendance

Quick Summary

• The annual four-day agricultural fair ‘Krishi Mela,’ organized by the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad, began on Saturday with notable public participation.
• Visitors included farmers, students, researchers, and the general public. Thousands attended on day one.
• Formal inauguration will take place Monday by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah; Governor Thawar Chand gehlot will inaugurate exhibitions on Sunday.
• Exhibits featured farm equipment, advanced technologies, fertilizers and pesticides. Seeds sold by UAS attracted strong interest.
• Seminar titled ‘Importance and Conservation of Conventional Varieties’ focused on traditional crop varieties and sustainable farming systems:

– Conservationist Shankar Langati shared insights from his experience preserving indigenous crops such as Burma Black rice and other notable traditional varieties.- Introductory remarks were made by Director of Research B.D. Biradar emphasizing adaptability to climatic stresses like droughts and diseases in traditional crops.

• A thematic session addressed ‘Value Addition to Agricultural Produce & Nutritional Food security,’ led notably by Usha Malagi (Former Dean) who stressed nutritional food security needs globally; Sunanda Itagi highlighted value addition’s impact within agriculture.
• Progressive farmers shared successful farming methods during “From the farmers for the farmers” afternoon session.
• Sugarcane cultivation was discussed: scientists offered training at Farmers Knowledge Center aiming optimum sugar/tonne-yield strategies +pests logistics etc.

Indian Opinion Analysis

The ongoing krishi Mela at dharwad underscores its importance as a hub for knowledge dissemination in agriculture innovation.This naturally emerging bridge Farmer-student collaborative arguably stands lifting standard versterken industry aligned ground integrate between new approaches biological adaptability(