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Flowers on show for one more day

Belgaum: Responding to demands, organisers of the “Golden Jubilee Horticulture-Floriculture Exhibition 2008,” have decided to extend it by a day.

Announcing this here at the valedictory function here on Thursday evening, Regional Commissioner Amita Prasad gave approval to the request.

Lauding farmers practising organic farming in different parts of the district, she advised horticulturists and floriculturists to ensure that their avocation resulted in good income generation and created employment opportunities.

One of the methods to boost their income was to make value-additions to their produce to fetch a better price in the market, she said.

Ms. Prasad urged the farmers of Chinchli village in Raibag taluk to grow flowering plants in their village.

Raghavendra Auradkar, Inspector-General of Police, North Western Range, said that the climatic and soil conditions facilitated growth of horticulture and floriculture activities in the district.

He said that horticulture and floriculture not only helped growers in improving their economic status, but also ensured a healthy environment. The exhibition was jointly organised by the Belgaum District Horticulture Society and the Department of Horticulture.

Vice-president of the society Lingaraj Patil said that the society, run on a cooperative basis, stood for promotion of horticulture in the district. He announced that the society had planned to distribute saplings to the people of the district.

Prizes were distributed to winners of various competitions. The special prize was given to Krishna Chavan, a landscape designer and garden consultant from Belgaum, for his ‘Mini-Japanese Landscape’ made in 24 hours.

Event organiser Prakash Kalkundrikar was given a special prize.

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