The latest technologies in agriculture and allied sectors and value-added farm products, developed by various divisions of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR), are on show at an exhibition which began at Edamaram Square on P.T. Usha Road in the city on Wednesday.
The show, as part of the ongoing international symposium on Plantation Crops, also has products by various private players in the agriculture sector. The Tea Board of India has at its stalls a range of tea (leaves and dust) usually not seen in the market. The stalls sell export quality white tea leaves, which cost over Rs.10,000 a kg, and ordinary tea dust.
The Central Plantation Corporation has different varieties of hybrid coconut and arecanut on display.
‘Sanramon,’ the largest variety of coconut, from the Philippines; and ‘Lakshadweep Micro,' the smallest; are on display. A ‘Neera’ tapping device called ‘Coco Sap Chiller,’ developed by the corporation, is displayed. A firm from Palakkad sells unpasteurised farm-fresh Neera while the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Kannur, has filled its stall with fruit- and vegetable-based value-added products.