Mera Gaon-Mera Gaurav programmes were carried out at Kaniyoor, D.K., Karnataka, by ICAR-CPCRI in collaboration with the Kaniyoor-Savanoor Farmer Producer Organization, coordinated by Dr. N.R. Nagaraja, Scientist-SS, ICAR-CPCRI, Regional Station, Vittal.

On 19.09.2022, an off-campus training was conducted on ‘Advances in arecanut production and protection technologies’. The programme provided benefits to over 85 farmers. Shri Ganesh Nidvannaya, President of the Savanoor Primary Agricultural Co-operative Society, formally inaugurated the training programme. Smt. Rajeevi V. Shetty, President of the Savanoor Grama Panchayat, presided over the programme. A session each on diseases and pests was handled by Dr. V. H. Prathibha, Scientist, and Dr. Rajkumar, Scientist, ICAR-CPCRI, Kasaragod.

On 22.09.2022, an interaction programme on ‘Advances in arecanut production and protection technologies’ was held Shri Ananda Gowda Melmane, President of Charvaka Primary Agricultural Co-operative Society, Kaniyoor, inaugurated the interface programme. The programme was attended by 60 participants.