Young urban organic farmers make a beeline to agri show
Krishi Mela Sees More Bengalureans Making Kitchen Garden Purchases, Networking For Business
Navya Kumar, a student of IIM-Ban galore, travelled all the way from Bannerghatta Road to the other end of the city -Hebbal in North Bangalore -with a mission, on Thursday . She wanted to know how to set up a startup, specifically in organic farming. She was one of the hundreds of visitors at the Krishi Mela, the annual agri jamboree, on at the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS).
“Organic farming is a rapidly growing sector. I have always had this passion in farming but did not get enough time in life to do so. Now I am trying to see if I can work out a plan for a venture on org anic far ming and make it a sustainable model,“ she said. model,“ she said.
This year's three-day mela at the GKVK campus isn't just about farmers and new agri-techniques.There were a lot of young urban visitors keen to know more about organic farming. Many wanted
TIMES VIEW
At a time when vegetable prices are hitting the roof and the produce on sale is rotten and unfit for use, it makes eminent sense to grow them at home. The rising urban interest in organic farming is healthy in every way.Pesticide-dipped fruits and vegetables cause long-term health problems.Growing vegetables on terraces, balconies or whatever little space is available at home is not only economical and nourishing, but is also a modest step in greening our concrete jungles too.
GAI PE CHARCHA
Desi Cows for Better India, a group trying to preserve indigenous cows in Karnataka, came with incentives and a message: Do not buy hybrid cows that fall ill and need antibiotics to survive and whose products are not chemical free. Karnataka has mainly Khillari, Amrithmahal and Hallikar species of cows and bullocks that are fast diminishing. The group purchases products from farmers who rear desi cows.They manufacture items like phenyl (from cow urine) and chemical-free lip balms from dairy products, among others.
APPY AIDS
A handful of companies have developed apps that help farmers to understand various aspects of farming depending on the climatic conditions. Step by step explanations in Kannada about each and every variety of crop is fed into these apps. M-kisan is a Union government initiative whereby farmers can download apps pertaining to agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry and other sectors to know prices at wholesale markets in their regions and accordingly estimate their produce.Agri-app updates farmers on new technologies.
Krishi Mela Sees More Bengalureans Making Kitchen Garden Purchases, Networking For Business
Navya Kumar, a student of IIM-Ban galore, travelled all the way from Bannerghatta Road to the other end of the city -Hebbal in North Bangalore -with a mission, on Thursday . She wanted to know how to set up a startup, specifically in organic farming. She was one of the hundreds of visitors at the Krishi Mela, the annual agri jamboree, on at the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS).
“Organic farming is a rapidly growing sector. I have always had this passion in farming but did not get enough time in life to do so. Now I am trying to see if I can work out a plan for a venture on org anic far ming and make it a sustainable model,“ she said. model,“ she said.
This year's three-day mela at the GKVK campus isn't just about farmers and new agri-techniques.There were a lot of young urban visitors keen to know more about organic farming. Many wanted
TIMES VIEW
At a time when vegetable prices are hitting the roof and the produce on sale is rotten and unfit for use, it makes eminent sense to grow them at home. The rising urban interest in organic farming is healthy in every way.Pesticide-dipped fruits and vegetables cause long-term health problems.Growing vegetables on terraces, balconies or whatever little space is available at home is not only economical and nourishing, but is also a modest step in greening our concrete jungles too.
GAI PE CHARCHA
Desi Cows for Better India, a group trying to preserve indigenous cows in Karnataka, came with incentives and a message: Do not buy hybrid cows that fall ill and need antibiotics to survive and whose products are not chemical free. Karnataka has mainly Khillari, Amrithmahal and Hallikar species of cows and bullocks that are fast diminishing. The group purchases products from farmers who rear desi cows.They manufacture items like phenyl (from cow urine) and chemical-free lip balms from dairy products, among others.
APPY AIDS
A handful of companies have developed apps that help farmers to understand various aspects of farming depending on the climatic conditions. Step by step explanations in Kannada about each and every variety of crop is fed into these apps. M-kisan is a Union government initiative whereby farmers can download apps pertaining to agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry and other sectors to know prices at wholesale markets in their regions and accordingly estimate their produce.Agri-app updates farmers on new technologies.
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