SHGs in three T.N. districts to be trained in natural farming techniques

An cultivation method that is neither integrated farming nor the benignant that uses fertilisers and pesticides — this was the absorption of the Tamil Nadu Natural Farming Project, precocious launched astatine a relation astatine Epic (Eco Park and Information Centre) successful Padur, disconnected Rajiv Gandhi Salai.

The technique, called earthy farming, is wherever crops are grown each twelvemonth round. It is done successful specified a mode that plants that pull pests are grown connected 1 broadside of the crippled to safeguard the crops, seeds meant for the adjacent harvest are collected from the erstwhile crop, and the apical ungraded is disturbed minimally to support the microbes intact.

As portion of the project, members of self-help groups (SHGs) from 4 clusters successful the Chengalpattu, Tiruvallur, and Kancheepuram districts are being trained successful earthy farming techniques. Each clump volition screen 5 villages. This inaugural serves arsenic a aviator task for the implementation of these techniques crossed the State. The know-how is being provided by Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS), a assets organisation based successful Andhra Pradesh.

MoU signed

Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Additional Chief Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, said that the conception of earthy farming has been gaining attention. In this system, the purpose is to guarantee continuous accumulation of immoderate benignant of workplace nutrient passim the year. Synthetic fertilisers are avoided, and biostimulants are encouraged arsenic catalysts for works growth. Under the National Rural Livelihoods Mission, the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women has signed a memorandum of knowing (MoU) with RySS to bid women successful these districts.

Training has already begun for farmers from Tamil Nadu who volition instrumentality the pb successful imparting grooming to others. These farmers volition service arsenic assets persons, susceptible of promoting this strategy of earthy farming. The attack involves the usage of indigenous seeds, integration of animals into farming, simplification successful cultivation costs, assurance of regular income for farmers, and the accumulation of safe, nutritious, chemical-free food.