13-05-2025
Agri summit promotes organic farming and entrepreneurship at IEMS College
Hubballi: Agriculturist Kavita Mishra opined that there is scope for every farmer to earn a monthly income like salaried persons. Inaugurating Agri Summit-2025, organised by the Institute of Excellence in Management Science (IEMS), Hubballi, and Greater Hubballi Dharwad Industry association, here on Monday, Mishra said that it is high time for all of us to think and go back to the roots to make
organic farming
the base of motivated the audience with her success story by narrating her journey from software techie to a successful farmer.
"Every woman has a lot of potential to come up as an agricultural entrepreneur," she Basavaraj Bandivaddar from WALMI, Dharawad, mentioned the training and skill development activities created in WALMI and also informed about the irrigation system to be adopted for seasonal crops.
"The land available for irrigation is only 33% of the total land and the storage capacity of our dams is only around 40%. Still, there is a lot of scope for water harvesting," he Bharti, chairman of Greater Hubballi Dharwad Industry association mentioned that the growth of the nation is dependent on two components - agriculture and industry. CA NA Charantimath, chairman of IEMS, mentioned that the roots of Indian economy lies in agriculture and the service persons like Vittal I Benagi, former vice-chancellor, UASD, delivered a lecture on organic farming, and Ashwini Ballari spoke on value addition in food processing. Poornima Charantimath, Veeranna DK, and others were present on the occasion.
