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Annual horticulture show of Assam Agricultural University kicked-off in Jorhat

Sentinel Digital Desk

A Correspondent

JORHAT: The 32nd annual horticulture show of Assam Agricultural University kicked-off with a day-long programme in front of the Dean’s office, AAU.

Hundreds of self-help groups, progressive farmers, florists, and students from the various college of Agriculture, Community Sciences (Food & Nutrition) as well as government-approved nursery farmers participated in the horticulture show from Golaghat, Bokhakhat, Titabor, Sivasagar, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, said Dr. Madhumita Talukdar, OSD-College of Horticulture, on Saturday.

Earlier, the exhibition was inaugurated by the Vice-Chancellor of AAU, Dr Ashok Bhattacharyya. He called upon farmers to take up cultivation of seasonal crops and then to go for floriculture and horticulture.