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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Where saris guard the fields-T Appala Naidu

Where saris guard the fields-T Appala Naidu

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published Published on May 29, 2014   modified Modified on May 29, 2014
-The Hindu
 

 

PILARICHETTIPALEM (KRISHNA): A group of women farmers recycle their used clothing to raise a fence surrounding their small farm holdings. A senior NABARD official suggested use of an iron sheet fan to drive away the birds attracted to the flower and other varieties of vegetables.

It was necessity that drove women in Pilarichettipalem village near Machilipatnam in Krishna district towards innovation. In a novel way, they transform the sarees they drape themselves in into a thing of utility once the eight-yard clothing loses sheen.

A group of some 40-odd women farmers of the village recycle their used clothing to raise a fence surrounding the small farm holdings they possess. "Raising a fence using the sarees requires no investment. It prevents cattle from entering into the fields and cause damage to crops such as vegetable varieties and flowers," says P. Krishna Kumari, a farmer.

The women are landless farmers with low investment capacity, and that explains why they keep exploring inexpensive modes to protect their standing crops in the fields. The fields are located in and around the village at a walking distance. Besides their own used saris, the women collect old saris from others in the village for the purpose.

The novel ideas of the unlettered women who have successfully transformed barren lands into fertile stretches has attracted the attention of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development officials. To encourage the women, they extended financial support to them.

A senior NABARD official suggested use of an iron sheet fan to drive away the birds attracted to the flower and other varieties of vegetables. "Instead of the ancient practice of beating a drum and making noise to drive away the birds, the fan, tied to a wooden log and rotated by air motion, is an inexpensive device. More importantly, it does not demand human presence in the field and saves time and money", say the farmers happily.


The Hindu, 27 May, 2014, http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/where-saris-guard-the-fields/article6054339.ece


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