A Belagavi-based NGO, Green Saviours Association, has distributed free saplings of various varieties to farmers in some villages in the Western Ghats, to help them take up agro forestry.
As many as 2,900 banana and 3,500 pineapple saplings were distributed to farmers in Amate vilalge free on Tuesday. This is part of an initiative to work with farmers to help them adopt agro forestry.