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A beekeeping training session, organised by the Mar Thoma Church and Koipuram Farmer Producer Company, successfully promoted sustainable farming and alternative income for local farmers in Ayiroor.
Kerala's pineapple farmers face crop damage and financial strain due to an unusual dry spell and heatwave, forcing costly protective measures before harvest.
Despite challenges like drought and wild boar, Vayala's agricultural land, once paddy fields, now thrives with crops like tapioca and traditional tubers, secured by solar fences.
The decline is driven by evolving lifestyles, the growth of online commerce, and a lack of essential facilities in the markets.
Farmers living on these unsettled lands are stripped of their basic rights. They cannot transfer ownership of their properties, nor do they receive central or state government agricultural benefits.
Following the paddy harvest in Alummoodu, local dairy farmers cut grass for fodder. Good access and less waterlogging make it a preferred source, showcasing agriculture's evolving role.
Facing labour shortages and rising wages, Kadavallur farmers are trialling a drum seeder, which directly sows paddy seeds, potentially halving cultivation costs and sowing time by eliminating transplanting.
A Kerala men's self-help group transformed wasteland into a blooming marigold farm, planting 1,700 saplings.
A tribal family in Kerala faces severe financial distress after state agency Horticorp failed to pay for their banana harvest.
A Wayanad farmer faced significant financial loss after strong winds destroyed his mature passion fruit crop.
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