Industrial visit to Soans Farm : Dept. of PG Studies in Commerce

The Department of P G Studies in Commerce, organized an industrial visit to Soans Farm, Moodabidri, Mangalore on 11th March 2019. Forty M.com final year students and two faculties visited the farm, to expose the students to the present way of crop cultivations and growing different country’s crops with minimal water and place.

Soans Farm is located about 40 km from Mangalore on National Highway 13. It has developed over years as a centre for innovative agriculture. Traditional agriculture in this area was restricted to the valleys with perennial water supply for crops like Areca nut, Coconut, Banana and Rice. An attempt was made in 1926 to bring into useful cultivation hilly areas and non-forested grasslands dependent only on the seasonal monsoon rains for water supply.

Mr. Alfred Soans conducted a very informative session for the students giving a brief introduction about the farm and showed a variety of crops. He also cleared all the queries of the students. It was an interesting and a successful visit.