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As per the Karnataka budget speech 2021-22 announced in para-No.55 to introduce novel technology, new crop varieties/hybrids and better management practices of ICAR-IIHR to the farmers, demonstration plots of Annona var. Arka Sahan, Avocado var. Arka Supreme, Passion fruit var. Kaveri, Jack fruit varieties Siddu and Shankara and Spine guard var. Arka Bharath have to be established at Department of Horticulture State Farm located at Ramasamudra, Karkala, Udupi district in collaboration with ICAR - lndian lnstitute of Horticulture Research, Bengaluru. In this connection, Dr. D. Kalaivanan, Scientist, Division of Natural Resources, ICAR-IIHR visited and inspected the Department of Horticulture State Farm situated at Ramasamudra, Udupi district on 19th November 2021 for its suitability for establishing demonstration plots with above mentioned ICAR-IIHR technologies along with scientist of KVK Brahamavar, Deputy Director of Horticulture (DDH), Udupi, Senior Assistant Director of Horticulture (SADH) - Karkala and SADH-(SS) Udupi. In the evening of 19th November 2021, the meeting with KVK Scientist, DDH Udupi, SADH-Karkala and SADH-(SS) Udupi was conducted and required technical guidance’s were given based on the farm visit and identified ICAR-IIHR technologies for better establishment of demonstration plots.
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