Kisan Mela for new generation farmers to usher in agricultural revolution

A Correspondent

TANGLA: In a bid to encourage the farmers and agri-preneurs, the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Udalguri organized a day-long Kisan Mela at Bordoloi Bhavan hall in Tangla on Wednesday. The programme, graced by Lok Sabha MP Ramen Deka, was also attended by a number of farmers and agri-preneurs from nooks and corners of the district, including Rowta, Udalguri and Mazbat. The participants, through 25 mini stalls, also displayed their handloom and agro products.

Inaugurating the event by lighting the lamp, parliamentarian Deka said that India was an agriculture-based country, where more than 50 per cent of population was dependant on agriculture. He briefed the gathering on the various pro-farmer schemes of the government and exhorted the young generation and women to adopt farm experimentation and technology application for making farming more profitable and building the economic structure of the nation.

In his welcome address, scientist Dr. M.Neog exhorted the unemployed youths to adopt improved scientific technologies in farming. He also asked the farmers of the new generation to engage in bringing about an agricultural revolution in the State. The event concluded with a ceremony where progressive farmers and livestock-rearers, namely Manmohan Boro, Abhinash Daimari, Prasanna Rabha, Kabita Bora, Apratim Bora, Amit Baglari and Raju Hasda where awarded with the Pragatisil Krishak Award by KVK, Udalguri.

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