-The New Indian Express IDUKKI: Contamination of water bodies due to excessive use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers in the High Range areas has been constantly causing stress for cardamom Farmer and Farmer scientist Reji Njallani. This made him develop a method which would prevent the flow of hazardous chemicals into rivers and other water bodies. After years of research, he has found a solution to the problem by developing what...
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Cage Fish Farming a Huge Success
-The New Indian Express KOCHI (Kerala): Around 2 tonnes of seabass (Kalanchi) and over 170 kg of pearl spot (Karimeen), all cultured in cages, were harvested from the fish farms at Kakkamadanthuruth and Thiruthur in the Puthenvelikkara Panchayat. The cage culture was initiated as part of the ‘Samagra Matsyagramam' project under the Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), with the support of the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY), and...
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-The Hindu Kalpetta (Kerala): The Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU) is preparing to execute an innovative project, ‘e-Vet connect,' for the farming community in the State. The project envisages providing 24-hour veterinary service to the farming community across the State at just a phone call, says B. Ashok, Vice Chancellor, KVASU. In the first phase, the project will be launched in the Kalpetta, Ollur, and the Thrissur Assembly constituencies by...
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-GRIST Media If hard work and enterprise inevitably made you prosperous, every rural woman would be a millionaire. These women have borne the brunt of the radical, often brutal transformation of rural India these past two decades. Our writers examine the hardships they continue to face as well as their remarkable vision to solve some of the greatest problems of our times such as food security, environmental justice and developing a...
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-The Hindu A well recharge pit was also dug for harvesting the rains Appiyampatti, a small hamlet in Dindugal district of Tamil Nadu, is one among the several villages in the state which has been facing a severe drought for the past over five years. Even during such a critical phase when several Farmers left farming and started moving out in search of alternative work Mr. V.Chellamutu remained anchored in the village to...
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