Organic farming practices get a lift in Kollam

By Express News Service

KOLLAM: A mannequin capability constructing programme for farmers in natural practices has been launched within the district. The beneficiaries are farmers coated by 9 Krishi Bhavans below the Kollam company and Mukhathala block panchayat.

The programme is a part of the Bhartiya Prakritik Krishi Padhati (BPKP), a joint initiative of the union and state departments of agriculture. It started with a day-long coaching for chosen farmers within the preparation of natural manure on Friday.

The programme will introduce sustainable and reasonably priced strategies for farmers which is able to mirror available in the market sooner or later, stated Preetha L, Assistant Director of Agriculture, Eravipuram. “The prices of organic produce are high and hence unaffordable to a majority of the population. If farmers can develop organic manure on their own, the cost of cultivation can be brought down. Consumers will get the crops at affordable prices,” she informed The New Indian Express.

The undertaking space, 500 hectares of land below the 9 Krishi Bhavans, has been divided into ten microclusters. The farmers will probably be educated within the manufacturing and use of 15 sorts of natural manure throughout three years. On Friday, twenty chosen farmers got coaching within the preparation of six sorts of manures. The subsequent step is community-level coaching and manufacturing on the Krishi Bhavans. The Farmer Interest Group in every Krishi Bhavan will probably be given Rs 87,500 for the preparation of chosen sorts of manures which will probably be distributed to native farmers. Later, demonstrations will probably be held in particular person plots. Eighteen plots will probably be chosen in every microcluster.

The state Department of Agriculture Development and Farmers’ Welfare additionally plans a Karshika Mela for the show and sale of the crops produced below the programme. The programme will assist in revitalising the earth by the manufacturing of helpful microbes, says Preetha. “The demonstrations will help us to take the message of organic farming benefits to the farmers falling under the 500 hectares. Results will be collected and there will be an organic certification for farmers,” she stated.