Mysore/Mysuru: Millets are gaining ground as healthy options for those suffering from lifestyle diseases, whether it is diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases, intestinal disorders or allergies towards gluten. “These were once poor man’s food and now loved by one and all including the super-rich, thanks to their nutritional and sustainability value,” said Agriculture Minister…
Mysore/Mysuru: Agriculture Department Joint Director has, in a press release, stated that the new Divisional Office of the Department Joint Director at District Agriculture Training Centre (DATC), Naganahalli, will be inaugurated by Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil tomorrow (July 5) at 10 am. Later at 11 am, the Minister will hold a progress review meeting with…
22 ready-to-develop technologies set to transform food technology industries Mysore/Mysuru: The third edition of three-day conclave TechBharat-2022 began at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) this morning and the event is themed ‘Transforming India’s Food Technology and Agronomic Landscape’. The event is being organised by the…
Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar and Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil distributed ration kits to associate cinema artistes and amateur theatre artistes affected by COVID pandemic. The kits were distributed at a programme organised under the joint aegis of Kannada and Culture Department and Mysuru District Amateur Theatre Artistes Forum at Kalamandira premises on Hunsur Road…
Mysore/Mysuru: With the monsoon having set in, Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil held a review meeting on the district’s preparedness for kharif season, at the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Hall here yesterday. Soon as the meeting began, the Minister sought inputs on stocks of agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilisers etc., from the Department officials and questioned…
Mysore/Mysuru: Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil has said farmers with weak mind will commit suicide and diversion of their mind will prevent them from taking such an extreme step. Talking to reporters here on Tuesday, he said that the need of the hour was to create self-confidence in farmers than going to houses of dead farmers…
Mysore/Mysuru: Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil today wanted farmers themselves to process agricultural produces and fix rate for the same. He was speaking after inaugurating the ongoing farmers’ training programme under Prime Minister Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM FME) in association with Department of Agriculture, Government of Karnataka and CSIR-CFTRI, at CFTRI premises here…
Ponnampet: Farmer leaders and politicians have demanded an apology from State Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil who said, “Farmers who commit suicide are cowards.” Speaking at a function at Ponnampet Forestry College yesterday, Patil said, “I met a woman who was wearing gold jewels and I questioned her about it. And she said, ‘These jewels are…
Bengaluru: Maintaining that App-based crop survey has been introduced on an experimental basis this year, Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil said that the App-based survey will be made mandatory from next year. Speaking at a meeting with Agriculture officers from all districts at Kuvempu Auditorium in GKVK campus here on Friday, Patil said, this year, the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that the BJP Government is committed for promoting farming in the State, Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil said that he has toured all the 30 districts in the State to study issues that are bothering the farming community. He was speaking at the District BJP Raitha Morcha meeting organised at the BJP Office in…
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