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Bengaluru: Palanduh Farmer Producer Company Limited is a Vijayapura district-based Farmer Producer Organization(FPO) that was established in November 2022 with the support of the Department of Horticulture, Government of Karnataka. Siddu Pujari, an Agricultural Engineer by profession, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Palanduh Farmer Producer Company Limited FPO. Palanduh in Sanskrit means Onion. 1008 farmers; 12,000-acre area: The Palanduh Farmer Producer Company Limited FPO operates in a huge area spread in about 12,000 acres while the membership base is as big as 1008 farmers. The FPC also deals with a variety of crops, including Onion, Sorghum, Maize, Lemon, Red Gram and vegetables. Agreement with ICAR-DOGR: Palanduh Farmer Producer Company Limited FPO, according to its CEO Siddu Pujari, the primary focus is on the development of a value chain for the Onion crop-"We aim to create value-added products like dehydrated onion flakes, powder, and fried onion. For this, we ha...

F ourteen Lok Sabha constituencies in the Northern region of the state of Karnataka are set to go in for polling tomorrow in the second and final round of polls.Polling to the remaining 14 constituencies in Southern region got over on Thursday 18 April. Image source: jagran.com The 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state going to the polls are as follows Chikkodi,Belagavi,Bagalkote,Vijayapura,Kalaburagi(Gulburga),Bidar,Raichuru,Ballari,Koppal,Haveri,Dharwad,Uttara Kannada,Davanagere and Shivamogga .By and large the whole of North Karnataka region but for a few exceptions has been considered as a bastion of the saffron party since a few decades and the results of subsequent elections have only added strength to such a notion. The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) had won 11 seats in the May 2014 Parliamentary elections bagging 49.45 percentage of the total votes polled while the Indian National Congress(INC) had registered a win in three constituencies.During the previous general...