<p class="bodytext">Empowering farmers with new technologies will facilitate in doubling of farmer’s income, which, in turn, will help in stabilising the economy, said S R Sathishchandra, Campco President (Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Co-operative Limited).</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said there is a need for research to reduce the production cost. “Youth should be attracted towards the farming sector,” he stressed while addressing the gathering during a two-day Kisan and Horti Mela organised at ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) Research Centre in Kidu on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">CPCRI Director Dr Anitha Karun said CPCRI is focussed on reducing the farm expenditure. Research is on to increase the yield with less expenditure and alternative crops, she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kukke Shree Subramanya Temple Management Committee President Nithyananda Mundoodi said advancement in technology did not bring in expected results.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An interface programme on soil and water conservation, seminar cum training programmes on cocoa and arecanut cultivation and workshop on bee keeping was conducted.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Empowering farmers with new technologies will facilitate in doubling of farmer’s income, which, in turn, will help in stabilising the economy, said S R Sathishchandra, Campco President (Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Co-operative Limited).</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said there is a need for research to reduce the production cost. “Youth should be attracted towards the farming sector,” he stressed while addressing the gathering during a two-day Kisan and Horti Mela organised at ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI) Research Centre in Kidu on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">CPCRI Director Dr Anitha Karun said CPCRI is focussed on reducing the farm expenditure. Research is on to increase the yield with less expenditure and alternative crops, she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kukke Shree Subramanya Temple Management Committee President Nithyananda Mundoodi said advancement in technology did not bring in expected results.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An interface programme on soil and water conservation, seminar cum training programmes on cocoa and arecanut cultivation and workshop on bee keeping was conducted.</p>