Pantnagar Kisan Mela 2022: Pantnagar Kisan Mela from October 14 to 17, know what is special this time

Agriculture fair is organized twice every year at Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Uttarakhand. This year the 111th Krishi Mela was organized from March 24 to March 27. Now the 112th All India Kisan Mela and Industry Exhibition is being organized from 14 to 17 October. Dr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Director, Extension Education, GBPUAT informed that the registration of commercial firms has started for setting up stalls in this famous Kisan Mela.

In the fair, various products, such as tractors, combine harvesters, power tillers, planters, irrigation machines and other modern equipments, insecticides, weedicides and pesticides, fertilizers, animal nutrition and veterinary products, medicinal plant products, seeds and plants etc. Firms sell their products along with providing technical information to the farmers by setting up their stalls.

Apart from this, you will find stalls related to handicrafts, village industries, processing and value addition, information and technology, household products, solar energy use in the Kisan Mela. Many banks, research institutes related to agriculture, private sector institutions also participate in the fair and promote their schemes, achievements and products among the farmers and other people who come to the fair.

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Pantnagar Kisan Mela 2022

The Pantnagar Kisan Mela 2022 will be inaugurated on October 14 at 11 am at Gandhi Hall on the University campus. With the inauguration, exhibitions of fruits, flowers, vegetables and other agricultural products started in the Krishi Mela premises. 

Various competitions have also been organized during the Krishi Mela to promote the spirit of healthy competition among the growers and to increase the interest of the participants as well as the visitors.

On the second day of Pantnagar Krishi Mela, on 15th October at 2 pm, the hybrid calfs will be auctioned by the academic dairy farm Nagla. In recent years, a lot of research has been done on hybrid breeds of indigenous cows, so that more milch species can be made available to the cattle breeders. People leave the cows in the open due to inflation of animal feed and low milk or no milk. In such a situation, information related to animal husbandry in the agriculture fair being organized in Govind Ballabh Pant can be beneficial for the cattle owners coming from far and wide.

Animal exhibition will be organized by the College of Veterinary and Animal Science on October 16 from 10 am. In this, apart from the exhibition of cow and buffalo, a session of animal competition has also been kept. Animal owners will be able to get information about different breeds of cow and buffalo in this exhibition.

Fish production exhibition and competition at Pantnagar Agriculture Fair 

Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology is also working continuously in this direction. The university has a fisheries science college, where undergraduate and postgraduate studies are conducted. Its curriculum includes increase in fish production, diversification of fish production, improvement of quality of fish products, development of different species of fish. Pantnagar University has been working to inform the fish growers about advanced fish seed technology and to solve the problems related to fisheries. In such a situation, in the All India Kisan Mela and Agro Industries Exhibition being held from March 24 to October 15, fish farmers and people associated with fisheries will be able to get the necessary information about their work.

How to reach Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology? 

Pantnagar is well connected by road, rail and air, where you can choose any route according to your convenience to reach. Talking about the distance, Pantnagar is 250 km from the country’s capital Delhi and 360 km from Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. Pantnagar, located 65 km by road from Nainital, is connected by the Bareilly-Nainital National Highway. A sufficient number of buses run from everywhere to here and there are also buses to Pantnagar from Delhi’s Anand Vihar Interstate Bus Stand directly.

Talking about the rail route, the distance of Pantnagar University from Lalkuan station connected to Lalkuan section of North East Railway is about 6.5 kilometers. Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology is 3.5 km from Haldi Road railway station located on Delhi-Rampur Kathgodam section. Even if you want to reach here from Rudrapur city, it is not too far away, Pantnagar University is located 12 km from Rudrapur Railway Station.

If you want to come by air, then also it is not difficult. There is also an airport near Haldi Road railway station and there is an air service from Delhi on Saturdays, Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays. 

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