National Horticulture Fair – 2024 will be organised between March 5 and 7 at the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Indian Institute of Horticulture Research (IIHR) in Hesarghatta in collaboration with BESST – HORT, a technology business incubator, ICAR – ATARI Bengaluru and other leading development departments for Horticulture.
The theme for the three-day event will be ‘NextGen Technology-led Horticulture for Sustainable Development’. While there will be more than 300 high-tech stalls, more than 50,000 farmers and other stakeholders are expected to attend the fair.
Dhananjaya M. V., organising secretary of NHF 2024 said, “ICAR-IIHR would like to showcase and demonstrate (at the fair) the latest technologies such as smart irrigation, controlled environment farming, vertical farming, optimising resource use for enhancing crop yields, environment-friendly practices for sustainable development, digital horticulture, etc., for the benefit of growers, horticulturists and other stakeholders.”
