The Odisha Chasi Vikash Trust in collaboration with Sahabhagi Vikas Abhijan and Senior Agriculture Scientists Association will celebrate World Kitchen Garden Day on August 25 at the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) here.
The function will be inaugurated by Agriculture Minister Debi Prasad Mishra. MP Baishnab Charan Parida will grace the occasion as chief guest and Dr laxminarayan Kar from the OUAT will be the chief speaker. The meeting will be presided over by Senior Agriculture Scientists Association president GC Mohanty.
Persons to be felicitated on the occasion include Bharati Kanungo for roof top kitchen gardening, Ashwini Kumar Pati and Bijay Kumar Behera of Dandamukundapur Milk Producers’ Co-Operative Society ltd for integrated agricultural development, Sisir Kumar Parija for propagating organic kitchen gardening among the kitchen gardeners of Odisha, West Bengal and Chattisgarh, Sabitri Khadanga for backyard organic kitchen gardening and organising Kitchen Gardeners’ Clubs in her neighbourhood and Subrata Singhdeo of Madhyma Foundation working with more than 10,000 tribal workers.
Notably, the World Kitchen Garden Day is celebrated every year worldwide on the 4th Sunday of August since 2003. It gives an opportunity to people around the world to know the importance of home-grown vegetables and fruits to have better health and happiness and create awareness for organic kitchen gardening to get fresh and toxin free vegetables.