Union Minister to inaugurate farm machinery fair at Puttur

November 26, 2014 05:04 pm | Updated 05:04 pm IST - MANGALURU:

Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh will inaugurate a three-day agriculture machinery fair at Puttur in Dakshina Kannada on January 24, 2015.

Organised by the Arecanut Research and Development Foundation (ARDF) and the Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative Ltd. (CAMPCO), the fair would be conducted on the premises of Vivekananda Institute of Technology. Addressing presspersons at Dharmasthala on Tuesday, D. Veerendra Heggade, president, ARDF said that about 200 persons have registered to set up stalls. The fair is expected to attract farmers from all over the State and neighbouring States. He said that the ARDF has instituted an award in memory of late Varanashi Subraya Bhat, founder president, CAMPCO. It would be presented to a best researcher/team of researchers among the engineering students at the fair.

Konkodi Padmanabha, president, CAMPCO said that the venue of the fair would be spread over eight acres.

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