NAGPUR: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Gadkari, who has big plans for making agriculture a profitable vocation in the region, is organizing the second exposition for farmers - Agrovision 2012. Leaders of other political parties have been roped in to ensure maximum participation. The expo will be held from January 27 to 30 at Reshimbagh Ground.
Addressing a press conference on Saturday, Gadkari said that the organizing committee had planned to hold a large number of programmes for increasing the income of farmers. "This will have to be achieved by going in for new crops, using the right kind of fertilizers and pesticides. Load-shedding is a major problem so we will promote solar energy," he said.
The BJP leader said that he is trying to rope in companies from Brazil and Israel that had pioneered new methods in agriculture and also are good manufacturers of farm equipment.
The committee would set up outlets for marketing organically-farmed products. "We have got a cold storage in this area with government help," he said while stressing it was a apolitical initiative aimed at welfare of farmers.
Gadkari appealed to the leaders from all political parties to take initiative in water conservation. "Water is a major farming in Vidarbha. As a pilot project we have built a check dam in Wardha district, which is providing irrigation to 1,500 hectares and drinking water to 12 villages," he said.
He further said that Saoner MLA Sunil Kedar is encouraging custard apple farming in his constituency. "We will inform other farmers about this and extend all possible to the farmers who have gone for it," Gadkari said. The organizing committee has decided to rope in women self help groups (SHGs) to provide employment to women.
Ex-minister Sulekha Kumbhare will coordinate these activities.
Turning to the expo itself, Gadkari said that arrangements would be made for cheap food for the farmers. Musical programmes would be held in the evenings. "We are trying to make railways and state transport provide tickets to them at subsidized rates" he said.
Girish Gandhi, Ravi Boratkar, Ashok Dhawad and Ramesh Mankar were also present in the press conference.
Times of India
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