Mysuru farmer family finds new life with exotic crops

Kumaraswamy, son of Linganna, said, "While unusual vegetation have fixed charges assured via special consumers, the fluctuating expenses inside the case of traditional crops do no longer make certain guaranteed returns." "Initially, we began with the cultivation of Lettuce Romaine, observed through Chinese cabbage on 5 guntas of land. The yield became properly with 10 tonnes and so changed into the returns. Thus commenced the adventure," Kumaraswamy said. Yogesh, son of Mahadevappa (Linganna's brother), stated, "We have stimulated no much less than 20 farmers in and round our village and have determined to form an association of like-minded farmers to take the initiative ahead". GI tag for Rajamudi rice proposed Mysuru: In what might also assist in reviving the once famous white rajamudi sort of rice that loved royal patronage, the extended efforts to attain geographical indicator (GI) tag for the precise range has eventually got a push, with the authorities worried recommending the crop grown in Mysuru, Mandya, Kodagu and Hassan for this. A 15-web page report with medical analysis has been these days despatched for book at 'ORYZA', a journal published via the National Rice Research Institute at Cuttack in Odisha. Dr M P Rajanna, a senior rice breeder at zonal agriculture studies station (ZARS), VC Farm in Mandya, coming beneath the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bengaluru, said the first phase of the idea to get the tag has been finished with the documents submitted for book a month ago. "In the following degree, the final concept might be submitted along with the publication (as the paper is yet to be posted) to Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority in New Delhi, the handiest authority to decide on the tag for each agricultural and horticultural produces," he said. Dailyhunt http://ittlearning.ittehuacan.edu.mx/ittlearning/blog/index.php?userid=84106