The all India farmer fair and agro industry exhibition will be organised by the GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT) at Pantnagar from February 28, 2014.
The primary focus of this fair will be on highlighting the modern techniques of farming and encouraging the farmers to adopt new and scientific methods of it, said Dr. Y P S Dabas, Director, Extension Education, GBPUAT, Pantnagar. More importantly, good quality seeds and plants of the upcoming Rabi crop will also be made available to the participants or the farmers in this farmer fair, he added.
Different colleges of the GBPUAT and agricultural institutions of the national level will also set up their stalls in this famer fair cum exhibition at the GBPUAT campus at Pantnagar to make the farmers aware about the latest developments that have taken place in the agricultural sector, informed the officials concerned.
At the same time progressive farmers particularly those who are interested in taking agriculture loan may get necessary information about how to avail the loan schemes in this fair as experts from different nationalised banks and insurance companies will also be having their stalls in this fair, they added. In the meanwhile, the officials concerned of the GBPUAT have appealed to the farmers to take part in this fair in maximum number and make the most of this fair cum exhibition.
To get more information about this farmer fair, the farmers may also approach the officials concerned of the Pantnagar university, the officials concerned said. The all India farmer fair and agro industry exhibition will continue till March 3, 2014, informed the officials concerned.