Training Workshop on Orchid and Mushroom Cultivation

Balele, July 6: A one-day training workshop on orchid and mushroom crops was inaugurated by Alamengad Bose Mandanna, President of Balele Center Education Society, at the Vijayalakshmi Pre-University College auditorium in Kudige on behalf of the District Agricultural Training Center.

Professor Dr. Jadegowda of Ponnampet Forest College gave information about orchid plants and said that Kodagu has a rich environment for orchid cultivation and more than 120 varieties are found in Kodagu. They are mostly found in Brahmagiri and Pushpagiri. He expressed the opinion that there are also opportunities to grow it in the household gardens of Kodagu and sell it.

Mushroom cultivation expert Ambika gave information about mushroom cultivation and its market through demonstrations to the farmers. Shivamurthy, Assistant Director of the Kudige Agricultural Training Center, said that if agriculture is converted into a commercial system, it can be transformed into a way of generating income for the rural farmers and they can also use the government's assistance to create a self-sufficient life.

Chimmanamada Krishna Ganapathy, President of the Banana Agricultural Cooperative Society, Jyoti, Executive Director of the Cooperative Society, Meera, Agriculture Department Officer, Pratibha Uthappa, Principal of Banana Vijayalakshmi Pre-University College, Chandrashekar K., prominent farmers and farmer women including Addangada Ponnamma, Chandravathi were present. Vijayalakshmi High School teacher Raghavendra welcomed and narrated.

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