Kerala Agriculture department to collaborate with General Education department to form ‘Kathiru’ farming clubs

The Agriculture department, successful collaboration with the General Education department, is launching cultivation clubs to inculcate consciousness astir agriculture and technological farming practices successful the younger generation.

The clubs volition beryllium known arsenic ‘Kathiru,’ abbreviated for ‘Kerala Agriculture Technology Heritage and Innovation for Rural Understanding.’ Initiatives specified arsenic horticulture therapy, mini online selling platforms for vegetables grown by children, and mushroom farming programmes for children volition beryllium portion of the Kathiru farming clubs. All Kathiru clubs volition beryllium registered successful the Agricultural Information Management System (AIMS) portal.

Environment day

Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan volition inaugurate the World Environment Day celebrations connected June 5 (Friday) connected the Secretariat field by planting effect trees, Agriculture Minister T. Siddique said present connected Wednesday. Mr. Siddique volition preside. Ministers, MLAs, students and teachers from 5 starring schools successful Thiruvananthapuram volition enactment successful the event. Mr. Satheesan volition honour 5 pupil farmers connected the occasion. He volition besides launchthe ‘Onathinorukkaam Vilavinte Vismayam 2026’ run for increasing vegetables and flowers for the upcoming Onam season.

Meanwhile, Agriculture Director Sriram Venkataraman was forced to permission a property league convened by Mr. Siddique connected Wednesday aft journalists objected to his presence. Mr. Venkataraman, an IAS serviceman of the Kerala cadre, is the accused successful a 2019 roadworthy mishap lawsuit that claimed the beingness of writer K.M. Basheer. Mr. Siddique had convened the property league astatine the media country of the Kerala Assembly to denote his department’s plans for the situation time celebrations. Journalists announced that they volition permission if Mr. Venkataraman were to stay. Mr. Siddique initially said helium volition explicate aft the property league and was seen gesturing to Mr. Venkataraman to stay successful his seat. But arsenic protests mounted, the IAS serviceman hastily near the dais. The Kerala Union of Working Journalists, successful a statement, asked the authorities to debar “parading tainted” individuals successful future.