Chennai/ Bangalore: Karnataka has decided to convert 75,000 hectares of wasteland to cultivation during the 11th Five Year Plan. Speaking at the Krishi Pandith Awards presentation ceremony here on Thursday, A Ramaswamy, Karnataka principal secretary for agriculture and horticulture, said, presently, we are conducting a survey to identify such land for conversion.
The state government is offering agriculture loan at 4 per cent through state co-operative banks. Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur said, Karnataka is the only state to have brought out a comprehensive agriculture plan even as the National Development Council has given its approval to the 11th five year plan. Farmers who won Krishi Pandith Awards under different categories were: for efficient usage of water - Eswarappa Verrabhadrappa of Nagarahalli in Gadag district; organic farming - Vivek Cariappa and Julie Cariappa of H D Kote, Mysore district; farm mechanisation - Ravindra Ganesharao Telanga and Mahesha R Telanga of Koralakatta, Uttara Kannada district; integrated farming systems and crop diversification - Veerakempanna of Aanuru, Chikkaballapur district.
The state government is offering agriculture loan at 4 per cent through state co-operative banks. Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur said, Karnataka is the only state to have brought out a comprehensive agriculture plan even as the National Development Council has given its approval to the 11th five year plan. Farmers who won Krishi Pandith Awards under different categories were: for efficient usage of water - Eswarappa Verrabhadrappa of Nagarahalli in Gadag district; organic farming - Vivek Cariappa and Julie Cariappa of H D Kote, Mysore district; farm mechanisation - Ravindra Ganesharao Telanga and Mahesha R Telanga of Koralakatta, Uttara Kannada district; integrated farming systems and crop diversification - Veerakempanna of Aanuru, Chikkaballapur district.
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