Udupi : Hordes of farmers from the district and surrounding district o witness two-day Krishi Mela to gain information on new and modernized agriculture machineries.

The mela demonstrated an attempt to introduce the farmers with modern technologies and breeds of agriculture and horticulture growths.

Speaking on the occasion, a senior agriculturist said that a two-day Mela focused on the horticultural growths to the farmers who grow only paddy and have nothing to learn.

He also said that he attend the exhibition every year and the exhibition has nothing to do with the marginal farmers and small land holders and it repeats every year.

Another farmer said that two days are not enough for the exhibition to offer basic technical and other farming expertise to the farmers since the old people cannot grasp the skills of modern farming within two days.

An exhibition displayed the modern technologies like tractor driven disc plough, tractor driven string cultivator, seed and fertilizer drill, tractor driven cage wheel, rotary tiller, mini and medium power sprayer, mist blower, various patterns of power tillers, rotary weeder, power weeder, power reaper, motorcart, pressure washers, spike and drag harrow, chisel plough, rock wind rotator, harvester and others to the farmers.

They also exhibited varieties of paddy seeds including Narang, Mahaveer, MO-4, Jyoti, Muktha and others on the occasion.

The demonstrations on preparation of Dapog nursery and SRI method of paddy cultivation, CO-4 fodder grass demonstration multi storied cropping system and nutrient management in coconut, cashew grafting and soil and water management in cashew garden, demonstration of organic manure compost, vermi compost and azolla, dairy, poultry, goat, rabbit, duck and fisheries was held as a part of expo.