After palliative care, waste management, Kerala CPI (M) to take up organic veg farming

CPI (M) state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan said the party would work out long-term and short-term strategies to popularize organic vegetable cultivation and make Kerala self-sufficient in vegetable cultivation.

He said the party would take the lead in people’s intervention in productive areas for the growth of the state. At the same time, party would not go back from its agitations against corruption and other political fights.

The three-day workshop discussed about various farming methods, including the precision farming, which is slowing picking up in Kerala. Self-groups and resident associations would be promoted to take up vegetable cultivation. The party fractions would work out plans to attain self-sufficiency in vegetable cultivation. Within a year, CPI (M) would also open vegetable marketing centres in various parts of Kerala.

CPI (M) is planning to cash in on the growing awareness in Kerala about the health hazards associated with use of pesticides in vegetable cultivation. At present, Kerala is depending upon neighbouring Tamil Nadu and Karnataka for its vegetable demand. Reports indicated that the vegetables reaching the markers had been exposed to heavy dose of highly toxic concoctions. Recently, households in urban and rural areas have been taking up vegetable cultivation for own consumption.