CUDDALORE: The National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) has been launched at Annamalai University, Chidambaram, near here.

The project to be implemented with an outlay of Rs 7.32 crore has set the objective of providing sustainable livelihood to small and marginal farmers in the select disadvantaged districts.

Vice-Chancellor M.Ramanathan said for the implementation of the project, a consortium led by the Department of Agronomy of Annamalai University had been formed.

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Tiruchi Bureau "The basal fertilizer requirement for core delta districts is about 20,000 tonnes' TIRUCHI: Just as kuruvai cultivation is gaining momentum in delta districts, there have been widespread complaints of scarcity of fertilizers. Though the timely release of water has raised farmers' hopes, their biggest worry this season is the scarcity of basal fertilizers, especially Di-ammonium phosphate (DAP). The government has announced that it had already distributed over 22,000 tonnes of DAP, but the complaints persist.

Muniyamma, 30, and her family survived the tragic Boxing Day of 2004. But its aftermath has left her a widow and her four children fatherless. Her husband Pazhanivel, 38, immolated himself as the district administration tried to evict tsunami refugees from a temporary shelter in Kadambadi, near Nagapattinam.

Ever since the 2004 tsunami flattened coastal villages, the Tamil Nadu government has been raising sea walls and protective plantations on a priority basis to blunt the impact of sea waves. It

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