Paddy Land Conservation

Kerala is fast losing its paddy fields and along with it the glorious agriculture tradition, folk songs and art forms that had developed along with it. According to the State Planning Board, Kerala lost over 500,000 hectares of paddy fields between 1980 and 2007

Description

Policy Decision Makers in the various governmental departments have little firsthand knowledge of the situation on ground and they are not in any way connected to the Scientific Community. NGOs or local level researchers are often ignored as mere activists and they get to interfere on developmental issues once the implementation process hits the ground. Current method of approaching Paddy farming revolving around Agricultural Officers who are not held accountable or are rated based on their performance

In the above described context we have succeeded in intervening in Umayanalloor Ela and Kazhikuzhi Ela and in the process we are working at corrective measures that need to be adopted to nurse it back to its former glory. More details of our work can be had from the below link.

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