23-02-2017, 11:48 AM
Sandesh Media Group, editors of Gujarati newspaper Sandesh, has launched a weekly newspaper entitled Agro Sandesh, on July 4. The tabloid is dedicated to the food industries of Gujarat.
The new agricultural weekly has a cover price of Rs 6 per copy, with an annual subscription of Rs 275. Launched with an initial 3-lakh print run, the company aims to touch 5 lakh copies in late September 2011. The content mix of the 24-page tabloid-sized Gujarati weekly will include news and views on Gujarat's agriculture, dairy, livestock and cooperative sector, political news affecting the socio-economic lives of farmers, national, National Developments , Farmers' success stories, research and development, new projects, information on processing of agricultural products, market rates and trends, and weather forecasting and guidance.
Apart from this, Agro Sandesh will also carry information on various schemes of central and state government, agricultural technology and the export of agricultural products.
In a statement, Falgun Patel, President and Managing Director, Sandesh, says: "Agro Sandesh will contribute positively to the development of Gujarat farmers. Agro Sandesh will cater to all information needs of farmers as well as information that will facilitate They to go Global. "
The group started working on the tabloid six months ago. "As part of our social responsibility, we thought it made absolute sense, especially from the perspective of farmers, because there is not enough coverage of their requirements and relevance in the newspapers," says Patel.
The new agricultural weekly has a cover price of Rs 6 per copy, with an annual subscription of Rs 275. Launched with an initial 3-lakh print run, the company aims to touch 5 lakh copies in late September 2011. The content mix of the 24-page tabloid-sized Gujarati weekly will include news and views on Gujarat's agriculture, dairy, livestock and cooperative sector, political news affecting the socio-economic lives of farmers, national, National Developments , Farmers' success stories, research and development, new projects, information on processing of agricultural products, market rates and trends, and weather forecasting and guidance.
Apart from this, Agro Sandesh will also carry information on various schemes of central and state government, agricultural technology and the export of agricultural products.
In a statement, Falgun Patel, President and Managing Director, Sandesh, says: "Agro Sandesh will contribute positively to the development of Gujarat farmers. Agro Sandesh will cater to all information needs of farmers as well as information that will facilitate They to go Global. "
The group started working on the tabloid six months ago. "As part of our social responsibility, we thought it made absolute sense, especially from the perspective of farmers, because there is not enough coverage of their requirements and relevance in the newspapers," says Patel.
