Agriculture

The Government has established a committee to look after plant breeders with respect to their innovations.

“Saffron cultivation is our culture and tradition. It’s been there for centuries, and it needs to be protected both the government and by people.”

What could make a direct and immediate impact on the farming family’s nutritional status is what’s grown and consumed.

However, as most organic farmers would agree, in the natural technique of farming, pest management is a lot more important than the eliminating pests completely. Here is a list of innovative pest management techniques being adopted by farmers across the country and globe.

Apart from this he also keeps researching on herbs which can cure various diseases and spreads his knowledge for free.

A student of Pulamanthole Government Higher Secondary School, Abhilal dedicates few hours in morning and evening on the field during regular school days and the entire day during holidays.

Kitchen gardens tended by women in Gumla district boost rural diets by providing a rich variety of local cereals, pulses and vegetables.

Today, nearly 5 million women are a part of Kudumbashree, making it the world’s largest women empowerment project. And all this in a state one-tenth the size of California.

During summers, Kunjiraman and Pushpa live on the hill to lend undivided attention towards the crops and since there is no provision for irrigation, they have to carry water from a km away and then trudge all the way to the top to water the plants.

Scores of cotton farmers in Haryana and Punjab are practicing pesticide-free farming and have managed to escape the wrath of gruesome pests like whitefly, bollworm and mealy bugs while producing great harvests.