The Garden City is set to showcase premier technologies in the horticulture sector as the three-day national horticultural fair-2024 of the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) on the theme “Nextgen technology led horticulture for sustainable development” will begin at its Hessarghatta premises on the outskirts of Bengaluru from Tuesday.
The fair will showcase the country’s most advanced and recent technologies in the sector such as smart irrigation, controlled environment management, vertical farming, ways of optimising use of resources for boosting crop yield, environment-friendly practices for sustainable horticulture, and digital horticulture.
For the State farmers and urban horticulture enthusiasts who are struggling to deal with summer water shortage, the fair will offer water conserving technologies that can be adopted in horticulture.
