What is now heard a lot in Kerala is the Organic farming, a term that gathered momentum after a Manju Warrier flick ‘How old are you?’ The government has made Ms Warrier as its brand ambassador and initiated efforts to promote organic farming in number of places in Kerala.
In fact term ‘organic farming’ is a misnomer as there is no dearth for pesticides in every nook and corner of the state. The agriculturists use pesticides in profuse and sell their products under the label organic farming. Film star Mammootty and Sreenivasan spending highly for organic farming is obviously a shrewd method to turn black money into white. The initiative taken by film stars to encourage farmers to switch over to organic methods of cultivation, is thus a method to hoodwink the poor farmers. A local farmer could not spend Rs 25000 just for 250 kg of local vegetable.
If the government is strict with organic farming what should it do first is to stop all pesticide production and sale in the state.
K A Solaman
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