Bengaluru: Increasing health concerns has generated huge demand for organic agricultural products and millets. Keeping an eye on this trend and with the aim to bring growers, trades and consumers under single umbrella, state government is organising first-ever national trade fair-organics and millet in the city between April 28 and 30 at the palace grounds.
Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Karnataka, Karnataka State Agricultural Produce Processing and Export Corporation Limited (KAPPEC), State Agricultural Universities and Jaivik Krishik Society are jointly organising this event. International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture (ICCOA) is the knowledge partner of the event.
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According to the organisers, this event will be one step forward in bringing all the stakeholders together. “This national-level fair is exposition on vista of opportunities in agriculture and horticulture, processing and marketing. The event offers an excellent opportunity for farmers, buyers, sellers, exporters of organic produce and millets. This fair also facilitates organic product processors, manufacturers of farm equipment and others to showcase their respective products and expertise in organic and millet related areas.
The fair serves as an important confluence for all organic stakeholders for the promotion of trade, sharing information and knowledge about organic agribusiness,” said an officer.
According to the officials, in Karnataka alone, Organic and Millet farmers have been organized into 14 regional federations. They produce wide ranging variety of organic and millet crops. “This trade fair is an easy platform to connect with this wide producer base. It is a one
stop opportunity to source your requirement of organic and millet crops,” officials observe.
