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Farmers shall be motivated to domesticate traditional kinds of greens, and seeds shall be produced for this on the State’s horticultural farms, Minister M.R.Okay. Panneerselvam mentioned
Farmers shall be motivated to domesticate traditional kinds of greens, and seeds shall be produced for this on the State’s horticultural farms, Minister M.R.Okay. Panneerselvam mentioned
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister M.R.Okay. Panneerselvam on Saturday announced the creation of a gene pool of indigenous kinds of fruits, greens and medicinal plants as soon as broadly cultivated in Tamil Nadu, however now extinct.
Recalling the late naturalist Nammazhwar’s phrases that the “seed is the weapon”, the Minister mentioned a gene pool can be established to preserve traditional kinds of horticultural crops on the State’s horticulture farms.
The Minister mentioned farmers shall be motivated to domesticate traditional varieties resembling kannadi kathari (brinjal), aandarkulam kathari, kottampatti kathari, vari kathari, vasudevanallur kathari, pallapatti then murungai (drumstick), karumpu murungai, kuzhi thakkali, kodi thakkali, annaji thakkali, anaikomban and sivappu vendai (women finger). The seeds shall be produced on the State’s horticultural farms and distributed to farmers.
Mr. Panneerselvam additionally announced that the federal government’s plan to create a gene pool of various sorts of spices collected from throughout the nation. In the primary part, the gene pool shall be created for vital species resembling pepper and nutmeg in the State’s horticulture farms in the Nilgiris, Kodaikanal, Kolli Hills, Yercaud, Courtallam and Javvadu Hill areas. The allocation for the mission is ₹1 crore.
Besides asserting the renovation of Uzhavar Sandhais with digital infrastructure, digital value show board and public handle system at a value of ₹15 crore, the Minister mentioned 4 new Uzhavar Sandhais can be established in Dharmapuri, Nagapattinam, Vellore and Tirupattur districts at a value of ₹10 crore.
He mentioned one Uzhavar Sandhai in every district can be allowed to operate in the night on the market of millets and pulses.
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