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Kerala Government to take up upland paddy farming in a big way

-The New Indian Express

KOCHI: Keeping its promise to promote organic farming and paddy cultivation in the State, the Agriculture Department has initiated steps to carry out upland paddy cultivation in 2,560 hectares in the 2016-17 fiscal year.

According to officials, more than one lakh hectares of cultivable land is lying barren in the State. “Currently, we are importing vegetables and rice from the other states to meet our demand, at a time when at least one lakh hectares of agricultural land is lying barren here. The government has decided to utilise the land and promote agriculture in a big way, with the aim of attaining self-sufficiency in vegetable and rice production. As part of the initiative, in the current fiscal year, we will take up upland paddy farming in around 2,500 hectares,” said an Agriculture Department official.

Upland paddy farming will be carried out with the help of self-help groups, Kudumbashree units and unemployed persons. It will be done on land available at schools, police stations and jails etc. The government will provide subsidy to farmers.

The government is also planning to extend organic vegetable farming to 50,000 hectares in the coming years.