revolution is in the making. Three acres of prison land are now all
set for cultivating paddy.Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran
on Tuesday launched the 'Ottanjaar' (System of Rice Intensification)
farming in the jail. The Seed Farm at Chirayinkeezhu is providing
'Uma', a paddy seed variety fopr the cultivation.The Minister said
that a revival was needed in the agriculture sector of the State. The
Agriculture Department is in the process of readying fallow lands for
farming, he said. The Department plans to set up 250 demonstration
plots across the State as part of extending the SRI method in paddy
cultivation. The department is also providing Rs.4,000 as financial
aid per hectare.The advantage of this method is that only eight kgs of
seeds are required per hectare, while conventional cultivation methods
require 80-100 kgs. The yield is also better.V.Sivankutty MLA
presided. DGP (Prisons) K.P.Somarajan, IG (Prisons) Paul Leslie and
Agriculture additional director K.K. Ramakrishnan were present.
The New Indian Express, 17th December 2008
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