Brown in colour: Effluents from textile processing units have entered bore wells, which supply water to 400-plus houses in Manickampalayam Housing Unit, forcing the residents to fetch water from elsewhere.
Indigenous practices play a vital role in sustainable agriculture development and are unique to a given culture of society. An exhaustive survey was conducted in dry tracts of Tamil Nadu to document the indigenous storage structures used by farmers. Information was documented by using participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) techniques.
Otherwise farmers will be left at the mercy of MNCs, they say
ERODE: Farmers affiliated to the Tamizhaga Vivasayeegal Sangam have urged the Union and State governments to ban the sale of GM seeds and field trials.
ERODE: A report prepared by the Tamil Nadu Agriculture University on cotton crop failure in Perundurai and Gobichettipalayam has cited soil condition and nutrition management as the reasons.
