Mysore/Mysuru: The three-day Roots and Tuber Mela, organised by Sahaja Samrudha, began at Nexus Centre City Mall, Nazarbad, in city last evening. The Mela was launched by Delhi Public School Principal Manju Sharma, who said that roots and tubers were nutritious and the urban populace, apart from getting useful information can also purchase roots and…
Mysuru:The two-day annual Roots and Tuber Mela organised by the city’s Sahaja Samrudha, in association with Using Diversity, began at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry on Vinoba Road here this morning. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. K.V. Rajendra inaugurated the Mela by slicing a Tuber . Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Rajendra said, people looked at a variety…
Mysore/Mysuru: Tubers and roots that are a host of economical sources of dietary energy are on display at the two-day Roots & Tuber Mela that began at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry on Vinoba Road in city this morning. The Mela reconnected the community with roots and brought forgotten food back to plate. The Mela has been…
Two-day event records Rs. 12 lakh turnover Mysore/Mysuru: The two-day Roots and Tuber Mela, organised by Sahaja Samrudha and Rotary Club of Mysore West at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry, concluded yesterday. The 2-day event saw over 15,000 visitors and more than Rs. 12 lakh turnover, said Krishna Prasad of Sahaja Samrudha. The use of roots and…
Cooking Contest on Feb. 7 Mysore/Mysuru: Roots and tubers are the underground secret treasures of nature which have many vitamins and minerals. Root vegetables are low in calories and high in antioxidants. Roots and tuber crops that include potatoes, taro, cassava, sweet potatoes, yams are cultivated staple energy sources, only second to cereals. They favourably…
Mysuru/Mysore: “Tubers are precious gift to our life given by nature and they represent our unique culture. Unless we preserve that knowledge, there is no future for us,” opined senior Folk Scholar Prof. Kalegowda Nagawara. Speaking after inaugurating the two-day ‘Roots and Tuber Mela’ which began at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry in city this morning, he…
By Stuti Ravikumar Can there be a revival of interest in tubers, just like millets? The response received by tubers at the two-day ‘Roots and Tuber Mela’ that began at Curzon Park yesterday promised a sort of revival of people’s interest in nutritious crops that are grown under the ground. The Mela is an eye-opener…
Two-day Roots and Tuber Mela begins in city Mysuru: For the first time, a two-day ‘Roots and Tuber Mela’ began in city this morning. The Mela saw a huge turnout of farmers, buyers, students, organic business firms, scientists and agriculture experts. They thronged the Curzon Park, where the Mela was organised, to study tuber cultivation…
Mysuru: Roots and tuber crops that include potatoes, taro, cassava, sweet potatoes, yams are cultivated staple energy sources, only second to cereals. They favourably adapt to diverse soil and environmental conditions and a variety of farming systems. As the potato, eclipsed all its other cousins, particularly in cities, the consumption of tubers got restricted to…
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