On November 27, Cauvery Calling, will conduct a seminar on the cultivation of tree crops in rain-fed lands to earn good profits in Virudhunagar. More than a thousand farmers from all over Tamil Nadu are going to participate in the seminar.
A press conference in this regard was held today at the Madurai Reporters Guild. The State Field Coordinator of the Cauvery Calling Movement, Thiru Tamilmaran explained, “More than 40 percent of the land in Tamil Nadu is rain-fed land. Farmers of the region who depend only on rain for agriculture can earn a good income if they cultivate trees suitable for the soil in their lands. Particularly, valuable timber trees such as Sandalwood, Rosewood, Kodukkapuli, Mahua, Neem, Nattuvagai, Naval, Jackfruit etc. are suitable as they are drought tolerant. 6-8 percent rainfall in dry areas is enough to grow these trees. Also, it survives and thrives with some early maintenance. These trees can be interplanted with regular crops or can be planted en masse to form a grove in rain-fed land. Farmers who want to participate in this seminar can contact 90025 90079 and make reservations”, said Thiru Tamilmaran
While the movement has been conducting training on tree-based agriculture, this seminar has been organised exclusively for rain-fed farmers.
Various pioneer farmers and scientists will participate in this seminar held at Ramasamy Naidu Memorial College, Sattur. In particular, the Associate Director of Agriculture, Mr Ramamurthy is going to share ways to derive profit from neem trees.
Agricultural Engineer in the Special Project Implementation Department of the Tamil Nadu Government Mr Britoraj will speak about ‘ Kodukappuli’ tree cultivation. Mr Sundararajan, a scientist at the Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Bengaluru, will delve into Sandalwood cultivation. Mr Guruswamy, head of Chettinad Rainfed Agriculture Research Institute is going to talk about Ilupai tree cultivation. Apart from this, pioneer farmers are also going to share about navel, rosewood, vagai and jackfruit cultivation.
Sivagangai district farmer Mr. Sampath and Madurai Peraiyur farmer Mr. Vasimalai also participated in this press conference.
The seminar comes against the backdrop of the Central Government selecting 117 districts in India as Aspirational Districts. It also includes the drought districts of Ramanathapuram and Virudhunagar districts of Tamil Nadu. Under this, the farmers of respective districts can get assistance from the central government and cultivate tree crops in their lands.
It is noteworthy that all types of timber saplings are being distributed at Rs.3 for the benefit of farmers in Isha Nursery across Tamil Nadu.
(This is an official press release from Isha Foundation. The Commune was not involved in creating this content.)
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