Submitted by Luigi Storto, a photographer from Italy.
Organic Farming in Tamil Nadu
“For nearly three decades the policy of the American and European multinationals has been oriented to the intensive production of seeds and agricultural products. From India to Latin America, millions of hectares have been transformed from traditional farming to the intensive cultivation of grain by large corporations.
Although the productivity per hectare has increased tens of times, the benefits of this change are going to corporations. In Tamil Nadu, one of India’s poorest states, the challenge is to start producing crops through organic farmingi and direct sales, transforming resources into economic wealth in an environmentally and socially sustainable way.ii”
Further reading
- “India: Tamil Nadu to Unveil Organic Project.” (Accessed May 6, 2013.)
- Jaganathan, D. et al, "Knowledge level of farmers on organic farming in Tamil Nadu", Indian Research Journal of Extension Education. 12 (3), September, 2012. (Accessed May 6, 2013.)
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Endnotes
(i) Organic farming is a form of agriculture that relies on techniques such as crop rotation, green manure, compost and biological pest control. Organic farming uses fertilizers and pesticides but excludes or strictly limits the use of manufactured (synthetic) fertilizers, pesticides (which include herbicides, insecticides and fungicides), plant growth regulators such as hormones, livestock antibiotics, food additives, genetically modified organisms, human sewage sludge, and nanomaterials. (“Organic Farming ” Wikipedia, May 3, 2013.)
(ii) "Organic farming is a production system in which the environment is preserved, farmers and workers have fair access to the means of food production while receiving a fair return for their labour and consumers have their food at fair prices. The area under organic farming in India has been increasing steadily since 2000 after launching National Programme for Organic Production." (Jaganathan, D. et al, "Knowledge level of farmers on organic farming in Tamil Nadu", Indian Research Journal of Extension Education. 12 (3), September, 2012. Accessed May 6, 2013.)
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