The Global Alumni Meet at University of Agricultural Sciences-Bengaluru, on December 27 and 28, will deliberate on how the alumni of UAS-B, particularly those who have made it big abroad, can help improve the livelihoods of farmers in distress in Karnataka. The meet is coinciding with the silver jubilee of the association.
Association president K. Narayana Gowda told presspersons here on Saturday that the meet, which is being inaugurated by noted agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan, will discuss and showcase technologies that can promote sustainable agriculture.
Dr. Gowda said an effort would be made to enlist the support of the alumni working abroad in funding agricultural development works in a few villages.
The meet will be attended by famous alumni, including Home Minister G. Parameshwara, U.S. National Institute of Food and Agriculture Director Sonny Ramaswamy and Indian Council of Agricultural Research Director-General S. Ayyappan.
