Use of science and tech is complementary to growth of agriculture: Minister

Minister for Minor Irrigation and Science and Technology N.S. Boseraju has mentioned the experiments in science and expertise have been accelerating everywhere in the world, and the use of science and expertise is complementary to the growth of agriculture.

He was talking after inaugurating the second day of the sixth Science and Technology in Kannada convention, which was organised by the Karnataka Science and Technology Academy and University of Agriculture Science (UAS) in Raichur at Basaveshwar conference corridor on the UAS campus on Friday.

Karnataka State Science and Technology Academy is working for the folks by organising numerous programmes to correctly educate the folks about science and expertise. The sixth convention organised in Kannada right here is particularly exemplary, Mr. Boseraju mentioned.

Farmers within the irrigation community space ought to implement newly researched science and expertise strategies of their present agriculture, because the State authorities plans to enhance the irrigation areas. Presently, six lakh acres of land have been irrigated from Tungabhadra dam water, he mentioned.

MP G. Kumar Naik opined that agricultural science has turn out to be a outstanding topic for analysis. The current conferences may also help farmers to get the advantages from the federal government, because the Union authorities has introduced its supportive worth for inexperienced and crimson chilli.

Mr. Naik expressed happiness to organise the convention within the Kannada language, which may simply be understood by the farmers. The position of the agriculture scientists and additionally college students finding out in agriculture programs to uplift the social and instructional standing, together with agriculture, is immense, he added. Mr. Naik unveiled the quilt of the commemorative points.

A.G. Srinivas, head of the Department of Entomology at UAS and coordinator of the convention, mentioned the academy has been actively working for a interval of 20 years to create consciousness about science and expertise.

President of the Karnataka Science and Technology Academy Rajasab A.H.; member of the Management Board D. Mallikarjuna; Thimmanna Somappa Chavadi; Registrar and member secretary of the Management Board Sharanabasappa Kotappagol; Dean Okay. Narayana Rao; retired Vice-Chancellor M.Okay. Nayak; famend creator and former chairperson of the Kannada Book Authority Dr. Vasundhara Bhupathi; professors Mallikarjuna Ayyanagowda, Dr. Sharanagouda and others have been current.