Chandy To Hold Talks With Union Minister Veerappa Moily Today

Assuaging the concerns of those staying in the high ranges, the Prime Minister’s Office informed the state government on Thursday that a final decision on Kasturirangan committee report would be taken only after the ministry of environment and forests incorporated the suggestions made by the state.

Submitting a petition addressed to Baskaran, Member, SHRC on behalf of the neighbourhoods affected by the environmental pollution with the aim of seeking a solution to the problem and enable the NGO to continue its environmental mission, R.T. Rajan, Director of SOLAI said that he has given a hectare of his own land to SOLAI for the farm skills upgradation among poor women farmers. But the land is now submerged in drainage water to a depth of five feet. It has thus turned uncultivable.

They dedicate all Saturdays for vegetable cultivation

Environmentalist C.P. Roy travels to Valiyakandam in Idukki every Saturday from Kottayam with the excitement of a budding farmer. He is part of a group of 21 families who came together to produce organic vegetables for their own consumption. They also sell the vegetables at a higher market price. “There is good demand for organic vegetables,” says C.P. Roy.

“Adoption of organic farming is gradually increasing and it is practised in nearly 100 countries, with the area under organic practices continually growing in India,” R. Rabindran, Registrar of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, said here on Wednesday.

Speaking at a training on ‘Organic Farming: Approaches and Applications”, he pointed out that possibly the greatest impact of organic agriculture was change in the mindset of the people.

Lamjung, Jan. 18: Farmers of Lamjung district are gradually taking to organic coffee farming though they had kept themselves away from coffee farming after facing various problems.

Farmers, students urged to support project

Aimed at improving the domestic supply of organic vegetables in the rural and urban markets, the Agriculture Department has given shape to a comprehensive organic vegetable farming project, under which vegetable cultivation will be taken up on nearly 1,700 hectares of land identified in various parts of the district.