Agriculture Reference
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5.7 Promote proven and successful practices developed by farmers.
5.8 Tax relaxation shall be given to the landholding with maximum forest and
wild trees.
Strategy 6: Conserve and improve agro-biodiversity
and undomesticated biodiversity.
Actions
6.1 Document agro-biodiversity and related traditional knowledge and
practice, both cultivated and un-cultivated, in each Panchayat.
6.2 Encouragement in the form of financial support may be given for the
establishment of model agro-biodiversity conservation farms.
6.3 Develop programs for farmers to collect, purify, and multiply traditional
seeds.
6.4 Encourage protection of traditional agricultural systems such as
Kaipad
,
Pokkali,
Kole,
and
Kutanad
as the “agricultural heritage of Kerala.”
6.5 Promote indigenous rice varieties such as navara, jeerakasala, and
gandhakasala, and also other traditional indigenous varieties of crops.
Strategy 7: Launch a state-wide intensive campaign on organic farming
in the form of a popular movement: “Jaiva Keralam.”
Actions
7.1 Organise Organic Melas in all districts.
7.2 Begin state-wide awareness programs for the promotion of organic
farming focusing on the advantages of organic produce and harmful
effects of chemical-based farming.
7.3 Produce handouts, publications of case-studies and best practices, video
films, posters, and other awareness materials to reach out to all sections,
especially women.
7.4 Organize workshops, seminars and exchange programs for consumers,
teachers, traders, farmers, government, and semi-government officials in
the related area.
7.5 Ensure the strict enforcement of the provisions of the Food Adulteration
Act, 1954, and rules 1955, and bring suitable legislations to notify and
enable Agriculture Officers, Veterinary Doctors, and similar professionals
as Inspectors under the Act, and also establish quality and adulteration
testing facilities at district level.
7.6 Encourage seting up of organic kitchen gardens [and] organic orchards in
urban and rural households.
