The 101 households of Vengeri ward in Kozhikode Corporation, Kerala, were rattled when a survey of the homes in the locality revealed that many people were battling cancer, some of whom were women. As global warming and rising cancer incidence affect more and more people in Kerala, the state is trying to make a difference by giving a boost to organic farming. Kerala’s Organic Farming Mission is an ambitious plan to turn the entire state into an organic farming hub.
The branch manager of Thalayolaparambu Farmers’ Service Cooperative Bank P G Shajimon recently won the best organic farmer award instituted by Kanfed. He grows organic rice and vegetables on five acres belonging to local landowners and the produce goes to the society of Dr Gangadharan, who provides free food to the patients there.
Presentation- Dibyabharati Nayak
