A two-day jackfruit mela will begin at Krishi Vigyan Kendra on the premises of College of Fisheries, Yekkur, from June 27.
There will be demonstrations on making food items from jackfruit. Value-added products of jackfruit, saplings of jackfruit and varieties of jackfruit will be on sale.
The mela would begin from 11 a.m. on Saturday. Srinath Dixit, regional project director, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Hebbal, Bengaluru, will release a handbook.
S.D. Sampath Samrajya, president, Krishik Samaj, Mangaluru will deliver the key-note address. Raviraj Shetty, Assistant Professor, College of Horticulture, Moodigere, would speak on future for jackfruit and opportunities for marketing at 2 p.m.
Ravi Kumar, secretary, Halasu Belegarara Sangha, Toobugere, Doddaballapur, will speak on activities of jackfruit farmers’ associations.
The demonstration of jackfruit food products will be held on Sunday in the forenoon. Farmers will be given information on jackfruit cultivation, a release said.
