Mandya ZP to honour 47 with ‘Best Farmer’ awards

June 10, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:40 am IST - Mandya:

The Mandya Zilla Panchayat has decided to honour 47 progressive farmers with ‘Best Farmer’ awards for their achievements in the adoption of modern agricultural practices to improve crop yield.

Rohini Sindhuri, Chief Executive Officer of the panchayat, who heads the committee formed to select progressive farmers, has finalised the list of awardees in a meeting held at her office here on Tuesday, a communiqué from the Department of Information and Public Relations said.

Of the 47, K.H. Ramesh of Kommerahalli, K.T. Mohan of Kothahi, C.P. Krishna of Guluru, Nagaraja Murthy of Madehalli, S. Suresh of Karekura, Chikkakalegowda of Sunka Thonnuru, Chandregowda of Maduvina Kodi and J.C. Nataraju of Jagate Mallenahalli have been selected for ‘Agriculture Technology Management Agency’ (ATMA) awards at district level.

ATMA awardees at taluk levels are: M.C. Shivanna of Maragowdanahalli (Mandya taluk); B.K. Lakshmi of K. Honnalagere, S.M. Manjunath and S.V. Rudresh from Sadolalu (Maddur); Nagaraj (Malavalli), H.K. Ramadas of Hulikere, Fazith Pasha of M. Shettahalli and Manjunath of Kaparamana Koppalu (Srirangapatna); Jayaramu of Dinka, R. Narasimhegowda of Arakanakere, Kantharaju and Nigmamma from Gummanahalli (Pandavapura); Prakash of Bandihole, N. Satish and Sunandamma of Maduvina Kodi (K.R. Pet); and Chikkaiah of Kommina Koppalu and Latha of Ambalajeerahalli.

The committee has also selected 19 others for ‘Best Farmer’ awards at both the district and the taluk levels.

While the district-level awards carry a purse of Rs. 25,000 each, those who are selected for taluk-level awards will get a cash prize of Rs. 10,000 each.

The ZP will soon announce the date of awards distribution ceremony, sources at the zilla panchayat said.

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