Agriculture Minister P. Prasad will attend various programmes in the district on Tuesday.
Mr. Prasad will inaugurate the Centre of Excellence for Horticulture and Floriculture at the Regional Agricultural Research Station (RARS), the first such initiative in the State for the promotion of olericulture and floriculture in the State, at Ambalavayal at 11 a.m. on the day.
The centre has been set up on 10 acres at a cost of ₹14 crore, by the State Horticulture Mission (SHM) in association with RARS and the Agriculture department as a demonstration-cum-training centre.