At a time when the debate is on at the national level as to how to make agriculture an attractive proposition, Tamil Nadu has to offer at least two examples of young farmers who have realised that agriculture too can be rewarding.
Not only they are eager to chart a different path by going in for crops other than paddy but also ready to adopt less-practised and even costlier methods such as micro irrigation. Needless to say, they make efforts to acquire new knowledge in farming, even though they come from traditional agricultural background.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/they-prove-farming-too-rewarding
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/t-ramakrishnan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/irrigation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rice
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dharmapuri-d
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-management
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/horticulture
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crops
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
