Tuber mela helps create greater awareness on ‘forgotten food’
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The two-day tuber and roots mela that concluded right here on Sunday helped to advertise their consumption and guarantee dietary safety, whereas additionally serving to farmers.
Organised by Sahaja Samruddha and Rotary Club of Mysore (West), the two-day occasion had farmers from throughout the State showcasing a wide range of tubers and roots.
Krishnaprasad of Sahaja Samruddha, instrumental in conducting the mela, mentioned sure tubers and roots could possibly be a supply of meals safety on the family stage and their intention was to advertise cultivation within the yard to make sure ample diet for the native populace. He additionally emphasised the necessity for his or her worth addition for greater acceptance amongst city shoppers. The use of tubers and roots as a well-liked supply of protein and nutritional vitamins had taken a backseat to a degree that that they had been forgotten, extra so in city areas, he mentioned. But particular person farmers are propagating cultivation. M.N. Shaaji, a farmer from Manadavadi was a living proof. He has up to now conserved 120 tubers and roots, travelling throughout Kerala, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and so forth., to gather uncommon varieties. Now he’s cultivating them on his farm to supply seeds and has exhibited his collections on the mela, he mentioned.
This has additionally spanned just a few start-ups. Suhas, an entrepreneur, has ventured into producing ice-cream with completely different kinds of fruits, tender coconuts, and so forth., other than purple yam ice-cream. The enhance in well being consciousness has additionally led individuals to confide in pure types of meals which was increasing the marketplace for tubers and roots, in accordance with the organisers.
The valedictory on Sunday noticed a surge within the crowd on the venue. A workforce from Tamil Nadu, Maharasthra, Andhra Pradesh collected uncommon seed supplies for cultivation of their States.
