National Horticulture Fair 2021

Current Context: The National Horticulture Fair 2021 commenced in Bengaluru.

• It is organised by Indian Institute of Horticulture Research (IIHR) at the Institute’s Hessarghatta campus on the outskirts of Bengaluru city.
• The theme for the National Horticulture Fair 2021: ‘Horticulture for Start-Up and Stand-Up India’.
• It is being held from 8th Feb to 12th Feb 2021.
• This time, the fair is conducted in hybrid mode, that is the participants can participate in online as well as the offline manner.
• The moto of this fair is to boost the income of farmers by transforming horticulture into a business enterprise.
• In the fair, the demonstration and discussions about Cutting edge technologies, crop varieties, pest and disease management practices, and processing methods are being held.
• Also, around 140 stalls related to horticultural crops, seeds, and technologies are installed to promote horticulture.

Question: 

Q.1 What was the theme for National Horticulture Fair 2021?
a. ‘Horticulture: A new way of income to the farmers’
b. ‘Horticulture for Start-Up and Stand-Up India’
c. ‘Horticulture trend in India’
d. ‘Promoting Horticulture based startups’