Efforts are on by Kudumbasree Self Help Group (SHG) to identify wasteland in the district to convert it into agricultural land as part of the 'Haritha Kudumbam' scheme being launched here in association with local bodies.The Kudumbasree units in different parts of the district have already set a model by utilising wastelands for cultivation. An extent of 2,782 acres of land that had been left fallow for several years was used for farming purpose by the SHGs last year. As many as 13,000 Kudumbasree units have begun steps to start cultivation in the wastelands here.The SHGs have already started survey of the wasteland, cultivable land and 'Kaipadu' land (fields under tidal influence) as part of launching 'Haritha Kudumbam' scheme. The objective of the scheme is to enhance agricultural production in the district and to make agriculture a source of income.
The scheme is a follow-up of the SHGs' intervention in the agriculture sector here last year that yielded good results. Their collective agricultural production last year included 744.3 tonnes of vegetables, 492.7 tonnes of tapioca, 591.1 tonnes of banana and 658.1 tonnes of paddy.The units also plan to cultivate herbal plants apart from launching schemes for apiculture and honey marketing in collaboration with the Horticultural Mission. The district Kudumbasree Mission plans to offer training in mushroom cultivation and also to start units for mushroom growing.
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