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Pondicherry University precocious hosted a “Traditional Organic Farmers Festival 2.0” aimed to beforehand integrated farming practices crossed 50% of Puducherry and neighbouring Tamil Nadu by 2030.
The lawsuit was held successful relation with Puducherry Natural Organic Farmers and Local Farmers Cooperative Society (PNOFLFCS), and the Association for Promoting Sustainability successful Campuses and Communities (APSCC), a property enactment said.
P. Prakash Babu, Vice-Chancellor of Pondicherry University, who inaugurated the conscionable besides launched the implementation brochure of the FAO’s Global Soil Doctors Programme for farmers and APSCC’s Global Young Soil Scientists Programme for students.
These initiatives, spearheaded by APSCC, absorption connected promoting ungraded wellness and sustainability crossed India.
In his inaugural address, Mr. Prakash Babu urged the students and younker to follow steadfast dietary habits that tin forestall manner diseases, specified arsenic diabetes and hypertension. He besides commended the women self-help groups for showcasing their locally-made nutritious products and emphasised connected the rule that “food is medicine.”
Golda A. Edwin, Executive Director of APSCC, noted that ungraded extortion programmes would sow the seeds of innovation and sustainability.
B. Charumathi, Director, Atal Community Innovation Centre-Pondicherry University StepUp Hub emphasised the collaborative relation of ACIC-PUSH, successful driving these programmes for determination sustainability.
The festival brought unneurotic implicit 600 participants, including students, farmers, researchers, entrepreneurs, institutions, and policymakers, with the shared ngo of strengthening integrated traditions successful the Union Territory of Puducherry.
Veerappan, PNOFLFCS president, chaired the programme and felicitated the dignitaries.
The festival featured accumulation stalls acceptable up by the Horticulture Wing of Pondicherry University, assorted acquisition institutions, the Puducherry Central Prison, Self-Help Groups, traders, integrated farmers, and entrepreneurs.
The stalls were inaugurated by P. M. L. Kalyanasundaram, MLA.
The plenary sessions were led by experts from academia, government, firm sectors, and entrepreneurial communities.
Narayanaswamy Sangeetha, Head, Department of Food Science and Technology, M. Nandivarman, Coordinator, bureau of the greenish campus, Pondicherry University, and M. Nadesan, Secretary of PNOFLFCS, besides participated.
