Low farm productivity makes farmers vulnerable to market fluctuations. Besides, they fail to produce enough to meet steadily growing market demand and end up with lower incomes
A group of farmers and members of women’s self-help groups have gathered at Eshwar Gouda Patil’s field to celebrate ‘Ragi Field Day’. This farm in Mattighatta village, in Dharwad’s Kundagol taluk, has as many as 72 varieties of ragi (finger millet), cultivated on half an acre of land, leaves visitors awestruck. Kumara Naidu, a farmer visiting from Bhadravathi, is astonished at
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The two-day tuber and roots mela that concluded here on Sunday helped to promote their consumption and ensure nutritional security, while also helping farmers.Organised by Sahaja Samruddha and Rotary
The mela aims to popularise tuber consumption.
A roots and tuber mela will be held in the city on February 6 and 7 to reinforce their importance as a natural source of nutrition.
The mela will be held at the Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry from 10.30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and is being organized by Sahaja Samruddha, an organization popularising indigenous paddy and conservation of agro-diversity in association with Rotary Club of Mysore (West). The focus will be to sensitize the urban community towards the benefits of tuber consumption and explore more value addition and include them into the cultivation.
Krishnaprasad of Sahaja Samruddha said Jenu Kuruba, Betta Kuruba, Soliga, Irula, Kunabi tribes are participating in the mela along with their tuber collection. Farmer groups from different parts of the State will showcase various kinds of tubers, food items and value added products that will also be up for sale.