Bengaluru: The curtains came down on Sunday on the four-day Krishi Mela, organised by University of Agricultural Sciences-Bangalore, drawing a large number of visitors to the Gandhi Krishi Vijnan Kendra campus.
Addressing the gathering at the valedictory function, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the Centre has to give prominence to the agriculture sector as a majority of the country’s population is dependent on agriculture.
He said that support price was given to buy tur, ragi, paddy and sugarcane. Efforts should be made to make farmers self-reliant by distributing quality seeds and offering good support price when prices crash, said Siddaramaiah, who gave away awards to the best performing farmers.
Among those who received awards included Omkarmurthy from Hassan, Sharadamma from Chikkaballpura and Manjunath from Bengaluru Rural. Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda was present at the event.
