<p>Transport Minister R Ashok read the chief minister's address in his absence which said that scientists must concentrate more on agricultural growth. Agriculture growth is less than 2 pc, last year there was a target to produce 121 lakh ton of food grain, however only 109 lakh ton were produced, we need to focus on producing more food grain, said the chief minister.<br /><br />IT -BT Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu expressed his pleasure on the importance given to organic farming and said that scientist must come up with solutions for drought and flood problems.<br /><br />List of winners <br /><br />The winners were N C Basavaraju (from Bangalore North), Uthanalappa (Hosakote), B M Mahadevaswamy (Chamarajanagar), R Krishnamurthy (Kadur), B S Raghunath (Hariyuru), John Vegas (Bantwal), Malegudu Ajanappa (Davangere), H L Naresh (Sakaleshpura), B P Mudhaiah (Veerajpet), H R Munireddy (Malur), C K Chandrashekar (Mandya), Chikkadevaiah (Nanjangud), N Rajappa (Shikaripura), Ganesh Shettigara (Karkala), H K Thimmiah (Kanakapura), Patel (Chitamani), K Ramanujam (Koratagere) and Mahabala Bhayari (Kundapura).<br /><br />Women farmers<br /><br />There were 17 women who won the best farmers' award, among them were Nirmala (Anekal), Rathnamma (Devanahalli), Rathnamma (Chamarajanagar), M R Sumalatha (Moodagiri), B C Sabitha (Holalkere), M Jayanthi (Puttur), Mamatha N Shivaraj (Harihara), Kamalamma (Aluru), Vasanti Appachhu (Virajpet), Padmavathamma (Srinivaspura), R Rajeshwari (Nanjangud), S L Chandramma (Shimoga), Shubada Sharma (Udupi), Kamalamma (Ramnagar), Renuka (Gauribidanur), Ashwini Kaushik (Tipptur) and Sharadamma (Aluru).<br /><br />Corp award<br /><br />Corp award sponsored by Corporation Bank went to Mahabhala Bhayari from Kundapura and Sharadamma from Kallikoppalu.<br /></p>
<p>Transport Minister R Ashok read the chief minister's address in his absence which said that scientists must concentrate more on agricultural growth. Agriculture growth is less than 2 pc, last year there was a target to produce 121 lakh ton of food grain, however only 109 lakh ton were produced, we need to focus on producing more food grain, said the chief minister.<br /><br />IT -BT Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu expressed his pleasure on the importance given to organic farming and said that scientist must come up with solutions for drought and flood problems.<br /><br />List of winners <br /><br />The winners were N C Basavaraju (from Bangalore North), Uthanalappa (Hosakote), B M Mahadevaswamy (Chamarajanagar), R Krishnamurthy (Kadur), B S Raghunath (Hariyuru), John Vegas (Bantwal), Malegudu Ajanappa (Davangere), H L Naresh (Sakaleshpura), B P Mudhaiah (Veerajpet), H R Munireddy (Malur), C K Chandrashekar (Mandya), Chikkadevaiah (Nanjangud), N Rajappa (Shikaripura), Ganesh Shettigara (Karkala), H K Thimmiah (Kanakapura), Patel (Chitamani), K Ramanujam (Koratagere) and Mahabala Bhayari (Kundapura).<br /><br />Women farmers<br /><br />There were 17 women who won the best farmers' award, among them were Nirmala (Anekal), Rathnamma (Devanahalli), Rathnamma (Chamarajanagar), M R Sumalatha (Moodagiri), B C Sabitha (Holalkere), M Jayanthi (Puttur), Mamatha N Shivaraj (Harihara), Kamalamma (Aluru), Vasanti Appachhu (Virajpet), Padmavathamma (Srinivaspura), R Rajeshwari (Nanjangud), S L Chandramma (Shimoga), Shubada Sharma (Udupi), Kamalamma (Ramnagar), Renuka (Gauribidanur), Ashwini Kaushik (Tipptur) and Sharadamma (Aluru).<br /><br />Corp award<br /><br />Corp award sponsored by Corporation Bank went to Mahabhala Bhayari from Kundapura and Sharadamma from Kallikoppalu.<br /></p>
