<p>Bhubaneswar: Padma Shri awardee and noted organic farmer Kamala Pujari died on Saturday after suffering from kidney-related ailments, CMO sources said.</p>.<p>She was 74, and is survived by two sons and two daughters.</p>.<p>Pujari, who was admitted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack two days ago with kidney-related ailments, breathed her last on Saturday morning. She was being treated by a four-member medical team.</p>.<p>Earlier, she was brought to Cuttack from Jeypore District Headquarters Hospital after her condition deteriorated.</p>.Odisha observes 'Rasagola Dibasa' coinciding with end of Rath Yatra.<p>Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi condoled her death and announced that her funeral would be held with full state honours.</p>.<p>Majhi also spoke to Pujari's son Tankadhar Pujari over the phone.</p>.<p>"Her contribution to the field of agriculture will be remembered forever," Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly and former chief minister Naveen Patnaik said in a statement.</p>.<p>Born in Patraput village of Baipariguda block in Koraput district, Pujari was a promoter of organic farming and had harvested 100 varieties of rice. She was associated with the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation.</p>.<p>She was conferred with the Padma Shri in 2019 by the then President Ramnath Kovind. She was a member of the state planning board in 2018 and was conferred with the best farmer award by the Odisha government in 2004.</p>.<p>She also won the 'Equator Initiative Award' in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2002. </p>
<p>Bhubaneswar: Padma Shri awardee and noted organic farmer Kamala Pujari died on Saturday after suffering from kidney-related ailments, CMO sources said.</p>.<p>She was 74, and is survived by two sons and two daughters.</p>.<p>Pujari, who was admitted to the SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack two days ago with kidney-related ailments, breathed her last on Saturday morning. She was being treated by a four-member medical team.</p>.<p>Earlier, she was brought to Cuttack from Jeypore District Headquarters Hospital after her condition deteriorated.</p>.Odisha observes 'Rasagola Dibasa' coinciding with end of Rath Yatra.<p>Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi condoled her death and announced that her funeral would be held with full state honours.</p>.<p>Majhi also spoke to Pujari's son Tankadhar Pujari over the phone.</p>.<p>"Her contribution to the field of agriculture will be remembered forever," Leader of Opposition in Odisha Assembly and former chief minister Naveen Patnaik said in a statement.</p>.<p>Born in Patraput village of Baipariguda block in Koraput district, Pujari was a promoter of organic farming and had harvested 100 varieties of rice. She was associated with the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation.</p>.<p>She was conferred with the Padma Shri in 2019 by the then President Ramnath Kovind. She was a member of the state planning board in 2018 and was conferred with the best farmer award by the Odisha government in 2004.</p>.<p>She also won the 'Equator Initiative Award' in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2002. </p>