Alangudi Perumal, a farmer from Alangudi near Kuthalam block of Kumbakonam, has come up with an innovative method of rice transplantation. His method has the objective of using fewer seeds and is based on five core principles: selection of quality seeds, preparation of nursery seed bed,...
A nation’s progress is first and foremost dependant on its farmers’ welfare. Only if agriculture thrives, industries and services can flourish. If we neglect farming, we cannot expect our nation to do well. The prime job of any elected government is to empower our farmers since this has a...
My dear farming friends I had received some mails in which young men from some parts of the state had requested me to guide them in finding right information, regarding entrepreneurship programmes available in agriculture. This made me think? There are several hundred programmes available for...
My dear farming friends: In my last week's interaction, I had talked about a pond to store rainwater in a village in Pudukottai. After sharing the article in my network, I had gone to attend a farmers meeting in Kancheepuram district. Some farmers who had read the article asked me to help me...
Today, Cauvery water has flooded almost all villages in the delta and fields are nothing but standing water patches. Not too long ago, the state was in the grip of a drought. In recent times, Tamil Nadu has been characterised by erratic and inconsistent monsoons, especially during the last six...
My dear farming friends, all of us are well aware that many dams in the state are brimming to capacity and some have opened to release excess water, flooding villages. Television screens are full of these images and that of people being moved to safety. Not many can remember when was the last...
Farmers across the state have come to depend a lot on groundwater through the use of pumps. Power to pumps has become an electoral issue since this power is sometime not good quality and is supplied irregularly. Pumps are also used to bring water from nearby lakes and open wells. In some...
My dear farming friends: In “Please ponder the link between chemical pesticides and suicides”, I discussed the root cause of suicides in Vidarbha. Since then, I have received a number of mails and WhatsApp messages requesting me to share some successful case studies in the same region. I had to...
Just like in the past, Mettur dam/water storage has been in the news this year also. Usually, during this month, there would be media reports of delta farmers facing water shortage, dried fields, and kuruvai taking a hit. But the situation today is different. The dam is brimming, more than its...
Tamil Nadu is a hot spot of biodiversity regarding flora, fauna and livestock. Let it be plant genetic resources or animal genetic resources, Tamils often take the lead in conservation and breeding. For Soundaram Ramaswamy of Kathasamypalayam, Nanjai Thaliyur near Moolanur, Tiruppur district,...
