Continuing its tradition of serving and empowering the farming community of this region for the past six years, the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, Srinagar, is coming with another grand event, the ‘7th Technology Exhibition cum Seed Mela 2022, scheduled for March 6-7 with the theme of the year ‘Organic and Natural Farming.’
The mega show, a unique event, will provide a platform for the farming community, farm women, youth, entrepreneurs, private players, NGOs, public representatives, policymakers, planners, students, technocrats, and all other relevant stakeholders involved in agriculture and allied sectors to learn, create, build, and establish new business opportunities.
The Exhibition cum Seed Mela, which is being organized under the dynamic leadership of Honorable Vice-Chancellor SKUAST-K Prof. Nazeer Ahmed Ganai and by Director Extension, SKUAST-K, is set to be inaugurated by Mr. Farooq Khan, Advisor to Honorable Lieutenant Governor, UT of Jammu Kashmir, Manoj Sinha. The following Mela events are being highlighted:
A ‘mela’ by all, for all, of all: The Mela will bring together all farmers, including those from Ladakh’s UT, orchardists, mushroom growers, vegetable growers, floriculturists, livestock rearers, poultry farmers, aquaculturists, sericulturists, input dealers, various MNCs, farm machinery representatives, and members of the Jammu and Kashmir Kissan Board. All of them will be available for each other. The Mela will attract thousands of people, with the active involvement of all faculties, colleges, Krishi Vigyan Kendras, research institutions, and constituent units of the University in Kashmir and Ladakh.
Organic and natural farming: The Mela will focus on ‘Organic and Natural Farming’.
Given the global emphasis on natural and organic farming, as well as the country’s Honorable Prime Minister’s appeal to promote natural farming, this year’s Technology Exhibition cum Seed Mela will place a special emphasis on technology, demonstrating organic inputs such as biofertilizers, biocontrol agents, bio-organic nutrient management, and organic waste treatment.
All such interventions/inputs will be available for purchase as well as a demonstration to the region’s farming community. There will be tens of stalls solely dedicated to demonstrating and selling organic products.