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Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (Kufos) has announced a caller inaugural for conserving Kadamakudy.
Celebrated for its accepted Pokkali paddy cultivation, Kadamakudy Grama Panchayat has, for generations, sustained a assemblage of fishers, cultivation labourers, and operation workers, the organisation said. “However, Pokkali farming, erstwhile the backbone of the section economy, is contiguous grappling with mounting environmental, economic, and structural challenges. It is against this backdrop that Kufos has stepped guardant with a committedness to supply technological guidance and organization support,” the organisation added successful a property release.
As the archetypal signifier of the initiative, Kufos volition undertake a elaborate local-level survey successful Kadamakudy panchayat. The survey volition analyse issues related to agriculture, irrigation, and wetland conservation faced by the section community. Based connected the findings, a broad task roadmap tailored to the circumstantial needs of Kadamakudy volition beryllium prepared. The assemblage volition besides see including the panchayat nether its colony adoption programme, ensuring sustained engagement and semipermanent intervention.
M. K. Sajeevan, Head of the Directorate of Extension, Kufos, led an consciousness programme organised astatine Kadamakudy arsenic portion of World Wetlands Day observances.
