Union Minister impressed with growth story of chia seeds in Karnataka
The Hindu
Farmers in different parts of the State cultivate more than 5,000 tonnes every year
The Raitha Mithra Farmers’ Producer Company in Mysuru has impressed Union Minister for Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh with the growth story of chia seeds, a high energy food of South American origin, whose cultivation in Karnataka has begun paying rich dividends to the farmers.
The company’s chairman and farmers’ leader Kurubur Shanthakumar along with the company’s director T.V. Gopinath met the Union Minister on the CFTRI premises in Mysuru on Friday and briefed him about the growth of the company during the last five years and the role it played in popularising chia seeds among the farmers of the State.
“We started cultivating chia seeds with just 100 grams provided to us by the CFTRI in Mysuru during 2014-15. Now, farmers in different parts of the State cultivate more than 5,000 tonnes of chia seeds every year”, Mr. Shanthakumar said.
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