P. Krishnaprasad, MLA, inaugurated the Brahmagiri Fest, a 10-day agriculture expo, being organised jointly by the Brahmagiri Development Society, a people's initiative in animal husbandry sector in the district, and All India Radio, Kozhikode, in association with NABARD, at the Panchayat Stadium at Sulthan Bathery on Friday.
The programme is being organised in connection with the inauguration of the Brahmagiri Meat Processing Plant at Manjadi and the 38th Vayalum Veedum Programme of the AIR Kozhikode station.
A national seminar on ‘Food Security, Agrarian Crisis and People's Alternatives,' being organised in connection with the expo , will be inaugurated by Prabhat Patnaik, Vice-Chairman of the State Planning Board, at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
The first session of the seminar on ‘The Roots of Agrarian Crisis and the Indian Peasantry' will be handled by Utsa Patnaik, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and former MP A. Vijaya Raghavan.
P. Sainath, Rural Editor, The Hindu ; K. Nagaraj, economist, and Sathyan Mokeri, member, State Relief Commission, will lead the second session on ‘Agrarian Crisis, The Farmer's Suicide and the Government Policies in India.'
The session on ‘The Global Economic Crisis and The Challenges of Food Security' will be handled by B. Ashok, Vice-Chancellor, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Husbandry University; and P. Rajashekharan, Chief, Agriculture Division, State Planning Board.
The final session on ‘The Agrarian Question under Contemporary Imperialism and the Importance of People's Alternatives' will be led by Prof. Patnaik, G. Karthikeyan, MLA; Subratha Biswas, Principal Secretary, State Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department; and Mr. Krishnaprasad.
