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Tamil Nadu is keen connected leveraging the inferior of National Mission connected Natural Farming for restoring ungraded health, done the associated inaugural of Central and State Governments, V. Dakshinamoorthy, Agricultural Production Commissioner and Secretary to Government, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, said connected Tuesday.
The State Government was looking guardant to instauration of clime astute villages nether the Mission, with a absorption connected sustainability and clime resilience. Soil degradation has led to consequences of nonaccomplishment of habitat, nonaccomplishment of biodiversity, pest absorption to fertilisers, little capableness to sequester carbon, reduced production, and precocious nutrient prices, Mr. Dakshinamoorthy said, virtually inaugurating the 89th Annual Convention of the Indian Society of Soil Science (ISSS) jointly organised by the Coimbatore Chapter of ISSS , Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, and the ISSS , New Delhi.
Under the Tamil Mann Valam (soil health) inaugural of the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, 40 lakh ungraded samples person been uploaded done the 37 ungraded investigating laboratories and 19 mobile ungraded investigating laboratories, with the intent of offering customised guidance connected fertiliser usage.
Thirty-six ungraded investigating laboratories person been certified by NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories). Mr. Dakshinamoorthy besides elaborated connected the Chief Minister’s ‘Mannuyir Kaathu Mannuyir Kaappom Scheme’.
Presiding over, Himanshu Pathak, President ISSS, New Delhi, and Director General (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, listed the activities carried retired by the Society successful addressing modern challenges specified arsenic declining ungraded fertility, micronutrient deficiencies, and clime resilience.
R. Thamizh Vendan, acting Vice-Chancellor, TNAU, underscored the request for inter-disciplinary probe arsenic the mode guardant for restoring ungraded health. Speaking connected the advancement made successful integer ungraded mapping and c sequestration, helium called for optimal leveraging of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for predicting quality of soil.
Suresh Kumar Chaudhari, Director General, Fertiliser Association of India, New Delhi, advocated instauration of consciousness connected ungraded wellness astatine the schoolhouse level. A synergy amongst world institutions, backstage entities and industries was indispensable to code the issue, helium said, and mooted information of Indian researchers astatine the World Congress of Soil Science to beryllium held astatine Nanjing successful China, during June 2026. Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Secretary, ISSS, besides spoke.
The three-day normal encompasses method sessions, sheet discussions, poster presentations, and farmer–scientist interactions covering divers themes related to ungraded fertility, nutrient management, ungraded c sequestration, and integer tools for precision agriculture.
