Various programmes and competitions are slated to be held as part of the popular Kisan Mela and agro-industrial exhibition to be organised by the GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology from October 6 to 9. The Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat is slated to inaugurate the 102nd Kisan Mela here on Friday
The Kisan Mela which is slated to be held on the Gandhi Park for a four-day duration will have various programmes held on all the days. Sale of quality seeds and planting materials, animal show, horticultural show, scientific exhibition, Kisan Goshthi, special lectures, field visits and cultural programme are slated to be held during this four-day event.
The university’s director of extension education, YPS Dabas said that the main events on October 6 and 7 will be exhibitions and competitions based on fruits, flowers, vegetables and processed/preserved items. On October 7 the calf auction will be held in the afternoon at the educational dairy farm in Nagla while on the morning of October 8 a cattle exhibition and competition will be held on the campus of the university’s college of veterinary and animal sciences. Especially for the farmers, a special lecture series will be organised on the first three days of the event fro 2:30 to 3:30. Scientists will deliver lectures on various subjects as part of this series in the Gandhi Hall. Similarly, on the first three days, a Kisan Goshthi will also be held at the Gandhi Hall from 3:30 to 6:30. In these meets, the farmers will be able to get swift solutions directly from scientists and experts to their issues and questions. Further, for the entertainment of the farmers and other participants, cultural programmes will also be held on the first three days in the hall during the evening. On the concluding day of the Kisan Mela on October 9, the State Agriculture Minister Subodh Uniyal is expected to preside over the function and give away prizes to the winners of the various competitions held during the four-day event.
Dabas further said that a considerable number of farmers are arriving here for the event from across Uttarakhand and other States including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and the neighbouring country of Nepal. Officials of agriculture and related departments, representatives of voluntary organisations, students of agriculture science, those in the agricultural industry and others can learn about latest technologies and developments in the field of agriculture here. It is pertinent to mention here that the GBPUAT has made significant achievements in producing high yielding disease resistant crop varieties, techniques of crop production and technological tools to enable farmers in increasing their crop production.
With a view to display its innovations, the Directorate of Extension Education organises this all India farmers’ fair and agro-industrial exhibition twice in a year mainly to benefit farming community.