Udhagamandalam: To rope in small tea growers to practise organic farming, the district administration launched a drive, ‘Scope Certification’, at the Kinnakorai industrial cooperative (Indco) tea factory on Thursday.
As the district counts for more acreage and more number of farmers cultivating tea, the district administration has launched the programme in association with the Indcoserve, the apex body of the 16 Indco tea factories in the district, and the horticulture department.
Indcoserve CEO Supriya Sahu inaugurated the programme in the presence of collector J Innocent Divya and senior officials from the horticulture department.
“The district leads in the number of farmers practising organic farming in the state. As many as 4,800 farmers in the district were issued Scope certificate for the first year conversion by the Tamil Nadu organic certification department under the collective farming scheme,” said Shiva Subramaniam Samraj, a joint director in the horticulture
Udhagamandalam: Nilgiris collector J Innocent Divya launched an indigenous tree planting drive at the botanical garden in Ooty on Friday to mark the International Mountain Day.
Agada Foundation will sponsor 3,000 tree saplings for the drive and they will be planted in villages across the district. “It is to create awareness among the villagers about the indigenous trees,” said Divya, who also unveiled the mobile app ‘Organic Nilgiris on the day.
She said they were determined to make the Nilgiris a total organic district. “The app will support the farmers who are already into organic farming and the ones interested in the same with the information on supply of seeds and organic fertilizers, among others. They can also get their doubts clarified by experts, besides accessing YouTube videos on organic farming.”
Mobile application to promote organic farming in the Nilgiris
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It will provide online support to farmers willing to adopt organic farming
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The Nilgiris Collector J. Innocent Divya launching the “Organic Nilgiris” mobile application at a function held in Udhagamandalam on Friday. | Photo Credit:
M. Sathyamoorthy
It will provide online support to farmers willing to adopt organic farming The Nilgiris Collector J. Innocent Divya on Friday launched a mobile application developed by the Department of Horticulture to promote organic farming in the district.
Named ‘Organic Nilgiris’, the mobile application will provide online support to farmers willing to adopt organic farming, she told mediapersons at the Ooty Botanical Garden.