Kalaburagi Zilla Panchayat President Nitin Guttedar launched a two-day extensive awareness campaign, krishi abhiyan, covering the entire district in Kalaburagi city on Thursday.
During the two-day mobile Krishi Abiyan programme, officials of the agriculture and other departments including the Animal Husbandry, Sericulture, and Fisheries along with agriculture scientists from the University of Agriculture Sciences and Agriculture Colleges would visit different villages and provide all the details of various programmes initiated by the government for increasing the yield and plant protection methods.
Official sources said that during the campaign, opportunity would be given to the farmers to interact with the officials and on-the-spot soil testing would be done.
The agriculture scientists would explain the need for correct seed treatment methods to be adopted before taking up the sowing operation.
The officials would also explain the latest technology available in plant protection and sowing methodology.
The farmers would also be provided the details of the Krishi Bhagya Programme and how to apply to get the benefit of the scheme.
The mobile awareness campaign would be taken up at Hirapur, Udnur, Seethnur, Nandikur, Kotnur, Naganahallli and Kesaratigi on Thursday.
