To celebrate the World Kitchen Garden Day, which is celebrated globally as an annual function on the forth Sunday of August of each year, the Odisha Chasi Vikash Trust (OCVT) in collaboration with the Sahabhagi Vikas Abhijan and the Senior Agriculture Scientists’ Association, Odisha organised a function at the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) here on Sunday.
Agriculture Minister Debi Prasad Mishra, inaugurating the function, spoke about the need for expansion of kitchen gardens both in rural and urban areas to meet the increasing need of vegetables. He also stressed on growing vegetables by applying organic manure to have toxin-free fresh vegetables.
In the new agriculture policy of the State and in the Special Agriculture Budget, the Minister said, emphasis has been given on vegetable gardening and organic farming. He assured all possible assistance from the State Government side to the OCVT and their co-partners in popularising kitchen gardening.
Among others, Rajya Sabha member Baisnab Charan Parida, former Finance Minister Panchanan Kanungo, former Dean of Extension of OUAT Dr laxminarayan Kar, social activist Jagadish Pradhan and OCVT trustee Natabar Khuntia were present.
In the technical session, Prof Trinath Moharana, Prof Adwait Kumar Patra, Dr Ramesh Chandra Parida, lingaraj Maharana and other speakers stressed on the nutritional value of fresh vegetables and need of organic kitchen garden activities.