Chairman CDB participates in Innovators Meet &
Agri-Exhibitions at CPCRI
An Innovator’s meet and Exhibition of Innovators was organized at ICAR-CPCRI on 6th October 2018. The event was inaugurated by Shri P. Sathasivam, Hon’ble Governor of Kerala. Dr. P. Chowdappa, Director, ICAR-CPCRI, welcomed the chief guests and highlighted the technologies of CPCRI. Dr. Raju Narayana Swamy, IAS, Chairman, CDB, Kochi offered his felicitations at the event.
Hon'ble Governor called upon the farmers to increase farm level income through product diversification by value addition of coconut to produce Virgin Coconut Oil, coconut chips, coconut sugar etc. He wished that Govt. interventions for organized processing be successful to process and bring wealth from waste, ideas into tangible products and improve the environment for agri-business. Dr. Swamy emphasized the relevance of CPCRI in saving the farmers from distress. He stressed for organic farming culture, face-lifting the sector from mere farming for production of the commodity, to a new horizon of entrepreneurship for development. Successful entrepreneurs in the coconut sector were felicitated at the event.
Hon'ble Governor called upon the farmers to increase farm level income through product diversification by value addition of coconut to produce Virgin Coconut Oil, coconut chips, coconut sugar etc. He wished that Govt. interventions for organized processing be successful to process and bring wealth from waste, ideas into tangible products and improve the environment for agri-business. Dr. Swamy emphasized the relevance of CPCRI in saving the farmers from distress. He stressed for organic farming culture, face-lifting the sector from mere farming for production of the commodity, to a new horizon of entrepreneurship for development. Successful entrepreneurs in the coconut sector were felicitated at the event.
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