SKDRDP Executive Director Dr. L. H. Manjunath inaugurated the mechanized paddy farming-Yantrashri Kshethrotsava programme organized at K.R. Pete Taluk.

A “Mechanization Programme” has been implemented through the project to bring in the use of machines from seed to seed in paddy cultivation by the farmers to control the cost of  cultivation and increase the yield.

So far, 456 Yantrashri Yodha’s motivated 24,510 farmers to implement mechanization in around 46,847 acres of land.