Farmers' Fair, Satbarwa

Along with the program for People with Disability, our program to mitigate climate change has been making major inroads. Especially, the activity on promoting millet cultivation and use. As I mentioned in my previous post, we could be playing a major role in the district level in this theme.

We held a 'Farmers Mela' in Satbarwa block in association with the Krishi Vigyan Kendra and the Block Development Office. Snaps of the same . . .

Inauguration by the Block Development Officer

Section of the audience

Stall on behalf of the Birsa Agriculture University by the Krishi Vigyan Kendra

Display by farmers

The Stall from the CBR project . . . 

There were prizes given off for the best farmer . . . 

There was a stall selling chowmein, idlis and pooris .. .. made from fingermillet . . . 

Wasted . . . Could be avoided

Today, I went to the Daltonganj vegetable market.

It was such a cynosure to the eyes to see lot of ripe juicy tomatoes all over the place.

The first vendor I saw was selling the stuff for 10 INR for one and a half kilo.

The next one was selling it 2 kilograms for the same amount.

Then, there was this place where it was selling two and a half kilograms for 10 INR.

And the ultimate one . . . there was two crates of tomatoes just left out for the cows to eat. The farmer who brought them did not find it profitable to sell it in the market . . . and so abandoned it for the cows to eat . . .

Reminiscent of 2010 when we had vegetables being sold for throwaway prices. . . .