The annual all India farmers’ fair and agro industry exhibition will be organised by the GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT) at Pantnagar from October 4.
The primary focus of this annual fair will be on highlighting the modern techniques of farming and encouraging the farmers to adopt new and scientific methods of farming, said Dr. YPS 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 which will continue till October 7, he added.
Apart from that, different colleges of the GBPUAT and agricultural institutions of national level will also set up their stalls in this fair cum exhibition 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 far as experts from different nationalised banks and insurance companies will also be having their stalls in this fair, Dabas further said.
In the meanwhile, we have appealed to the farmers to take part in this fair in maximum number and make the most of this fair cum exhibition, the official said.
In order to provide proper transport facility to the participants we have also decided to make available transport services between the Pantnagar and Haldi railway stations and the farmer fair site at the university campus at Pantnagar, informed the official. To get more information about this annual farmer fair, the farmers may also talk to the officials concerned of the Pantnagar university on phone numbers i.e. 05944-233336 and 05944-234671, the officials said.More importantly, the participants may also get necessary details about this fair from the website- www.gbpuat.ac.in, they added.