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Wake up and smell the coffee, says Kodagu
Meanwhile, the Rotary Misty Hills organisation hosted a unique inaugural event to introduce Coorg Coffee to tourists.
Members of Codagu Women’s Coffee Awareness Body with cups of coffee during the event in Madikeri | express
Madikeri :
International Coffee Day was observed with fervour across Kodagu. While the women of Codagu Women’s Coffee Awareness Body (CWCAB) served hot cups of filter coffee in the morning, the Rotary Club members served coffee to everyone gathered at Raja’s Seat in the evening.
“We want to promote our coffee and we decided to use the opportunity of the International Coffee Day to serve everyone a warm cup of filter coffee,” said Jyothika Bopanna, the Joint Secretary of CWCAB and added that the government needs to support the sector as production has come down. The international coffee day was observed in Madikeri at Coffee Krupa building.
Meanwhile, the Rotary Misty Hills organisation hosted a unique inaugural event to introduce Coorg Coffee to tourists. A total of 1,000 cups of filter coffee was sponsored by Rotary Misty Hills and the event was inaugurated by DC Charulata Somal and ZP CEO Bhanwar Singh Meena, who signed the painting of a coffee cup created by artist BR Satish.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Karnataka / by Express News Service / October 02nd, 2021
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Coffee Dasara to make its debut at Madikeri Dasara 2024
Coffee Dasara is expected to make its debut during this year’s Madikeri Dasara 2024.
Madikeri MLA Mathar Gowda, who held a meeting with officials and representatives from various coffee growers’ associations in Madikeri on Wednesday, said the Coffee Dasara scheduled to be held on October 6 and 7 at Gandhi Maidan in Madikeri should serve to provide useful information related to innovation in the coffee sector is provided to the people.
The stalls to be put up as part of Coffee Dasara can also feature cafes.
He said Coffee Dasara should provide information related to alternative farming like bamboo farming, dairy farming, apiculture or rearing honey bees to the visitors.
Apart from officials from the Coffee Board, agriculture experts and representatives from Karnataka Growers’ Association and Kodagu Planters’ Association should be invited to Coffee Dasara so that they can share their valuable knowledge with the people.
According to Madikeri Dasara’s Cultural Sub-Committee president Anil H.T., Coffee Dasara will feature 32 stalls, which will remain open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on October 6 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on October 7.
Seminars on agriculture sector will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on both days with experts from the field of agriculture participating in the programmes. A logo related to Coffee Dasara will soon be released, he added.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> India> Karnataka / by The Hindu Bureau / September 25th, 2024
Small Growers’ Association in Karnataka’s Kodagu opposes the HLWG report on the Western Ghats
In the memorandum submitted to the ministry by CA Subbaiah, the president of the Association, the members allege that the draft notification readied by the HLWG of the Western Ghats is not based on factual data.
Western Ghats (Representative Image)
Madikeri :
The Kodagu District Small Growers’ Association has submitted a memorandum to the Central Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change opposing the High Level Working Group (HLWG) report on the Western Ghats (WG).
The growers have objected to the draft notification for creating an Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) in the Western Ghats as they allege that the criteria to identify the ESAs have not been done factually.
In the memorandum submitted to the ministry by CA Subbaiah, the president of the Association, the members allege that the draft notification readied by the HLWG of the Western Ghats is not based on factual data. The memorandum explains that the ESA has been recognized in areas with high biological richness with low and medium fragmentation where the population density is lower than 100 persons per square kilometer.
However, in the memorandum, the growers share that ‘the inhabitants of the WG are compelled to suffer regulations under the proposed draft notification’.
The association alleges that the Karnataka state government has not woken up to the ground realities and has not initiated attempts at the panchayat level to assess implications of implementing the proposed ESAs.
“While global climate change is a grave matter and has to be treated at the national level, it is not fit that only a part of the population in the country has to bear the burden of mitigating the challenge,” alleges the association.
While the growers state that they have no reservations for the prohibition on establishment of heavy industries, mining, thermal and other commercial projects, they demand that the locals be allowed to extract stone and sand for their own needs. Further, the association opposes the concession given to hotels/hospitality set-ups to continue functioning at ESAs if they have waste water setups as the growers opine that this is ‘pandering to cooperate and capital interests’.
While the forum acknowledges the Wayanad disaster in Kerala, they share that faulty execution of development projects without proper consideration of geological factors as the reason for the disaster.
“The responsibility of environmental degradation and habitat loss vests with the government and corporate. Mining, industries, large power projects etc were not set up by the inhabitants of Western Ghats. The forest bureaucracy and the mainstream environmental NGOs are solely responsible for the state of affairs in the Western Ghats and this needs to be corrected,” demands the association through the memorandum submitted to the central ministry.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Karnataka / by Pragna G R / September 25th, 2024
