Agriculture

According to Sheela each of these rice varieties has different medicinal and health values.

Today Genabhai’s efforts have borne fruits and the district’s pomegranates are exported to Dubai, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, giving the farmers excellent returns.

Leadership needs to be taken in order to craft organic policies around the farmers, environment but also the end user - men and women putting produce on their tables.

The duo also reached out to maximum number of farmers to help them switch to natural farming.

Babulal has also grown 100 more varieties of pulses, grains and vegetables.

In this project, the tribal community is involved in the mechanical control of lantana by manually cutting, and at the same time, they are trained in making low- cost furniture, handicraft, toys and other utility articles using lantana wood.

Dr. Gowda also invented a unique innovative product in the form of Liquid Organic Plant Food that helps in growth of plants while also maintaining the quality of land known as Dr. Soil.

Tribal communities in Sundargarh district of Odisha have revived the traditional practice of growing food without the help of chemical fertilisers and made it viable economically by making pragmatic changes. Basudev Mahapatra takes a closer look.

The cost of production of farm produce is dependent on local factors and hence MSP should be fixed locally at state level.

High temperatures like Vidarbha’s is also a boon for this tree as higher the temperature, the sweeter the fruit becomes.