Hubli: The farmers’ fraternity in the state is irate over cancelations of farmers’ participation in ‘Vibrant Gujarat’ that will be held on September 9 and 10 in Ahmedabad.
Responding to State agriculture minister Krishna Byre Gowda’s explanation that the tour was called off due to the absence of impact assessment of such tours as reason for the cancellation, Mahesh Mittalkod, a farmer who visited Israel in 2009, said the government never asked feedback from farmers.
“When I intended to narrate my success story, the response was weak from other end,” said Mittalkod.
Anand Reddy of Dambarahalli village in Koppal district, who is attending the Gujarat at the invitation of officials of that state, said he would report the impact to the Karnataka government. “Farmers never treat such events as a picnic, but an opportunity to learn,” he said.
State sugarcane growers’ association president Kurubur Shantakumar described as “unpardonable” the cancellation of the trip at the last moment.
DNA/ Sangamesh Menasinakai
