Organic farming model of spices research body gets national recognition

The built-in farming design and organic and natural agriculture offers introduced by Indian Institute of Spices Analysis is proving to be a prosperous design between the farming and study communities throughout the country.

The prosperous implementation of the organic and natural farming approach, mixed with organic and natural package preparing and experimental farming has assisted IISR come to be the Finest Centre of All India Community Programme on Organic Farming (AI-NPOF) under ICAR for 2020.

The network challenge on organic and natural farming formulated by Indian Institute of Farming Techniques Analysis focuses on selling organic and natural cultivation of spice crops with the assist of study institutes. IISR has been portion of the network challenge on Organic Farming considering the fact that 2012. An built-in farm has been set up on the Chelavoor Campus of the institute as portion of the Integrated Organic Farming Technique (IFS).

Integrated farm

According to the experts of IISR, the built-in farm inter crops coconut trees with turmeric, tapioca, banana, cow pea and fodder grasses and also manage cattle to be certain the offer of cow dung as organic and natural manure. IISR has set up this farm as a design farm for tiny and marginal farmers who want to generate a decent revenue together with making sure food stuff crops for home use.

Two Holstein Friesians (HF) cows and their calves and a jersey cow are portion of the IFS. Moreover, the institute rears indigenous cattle breeds Kasaragod dwarf and Vechoor cow also. The cow milk from the cattle device is offered out to the general public at a counter. The Institute could also ready to generate an revenue by promoting other food stuff crops.

IISR created a profit of ₹1.3 lakh from 1 acre built-in farm, experts claimed.

The organic and natural friendly initiatives introduced by a workforce which include CK Thankamani, Principal Investigator, V Srinivasan, S Shanmughavel, R Praveena and S Sarathambal assisted the institute to bag the award.

The role of the institute in popularising organic and natural offers between the farm communities also assisted the workforce to bag award. The prosperous demonstration of organic and natural turmeric cultivation with the assist of gals Self Enable Group under Kavunthara cooperative lender also assisted the institute.