Farmers of the district are ready to rejuvenate vanilla cultivation, which has vanished due to diseases, if they get proper guidance and training to handle the diseases and if they get good and stable prices, said Uttara Kanara MP Anantkumar Hegde participating in a discussion on ‘Rejuvenation of vanilla cultivation’ at TSS hall here recently, according to a release on Tuesday.
If there was a good market for the produce, the farmers would grow vanilla, and price of vanilla beans should be decided at the farmer’s land by companies or buyers, he said. He urged the farmers to grow vanilla on their betta lands.
Progressive farmer Savita Hegde, who inaugurated the seminar, said, “We suffered a great loss in vanilla cultivation earlier, but now there is a new hope.”
Guidance
Scientists from various districts and States who participated in the discussion said there were medicines to completely control diseases. Proper guidance and technological help would be given to the farmers. They should come forward for cultivation of vanilla in order to add subsidiary income, they said.
Participation
Jukka Joseph, Johnson Sebastian, Bhavesh Patel, Anandraj, Choudappa, B.L.Manjunath, G. Selvakumar, Anke Gouda, Ashutosh, Mohammad Firan and many others participated in the programme.
Dharmendrakumar, president of Vanadurgi Samste delivered introductory speech.
N.K. Hegde welcomed the gathering. A large number of vanilla cultivators were present on the occasion.
