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Eighty-nine-year-old I V John, a retired headmaster, remains actively engaged in his six-acre farm, a testament to his lifelong passion for agriculture, cultivating crops like cardamom and coffee.
Dairy farmers face rising feed costs and disease, but Siddique and Fathima established a thriving 40-cow farm after initial losses, utilising innovative sheds and selling milk and calves profitably.
Farmer P.J. Manuel revitalises unproductive nutmeg trees through budding. He advises wider spacing and pruning for increased, year-round yields, deviating from traditional methods, confident in successful, meticulous farming.
Kerala's diverse microclimates favour all three avocado races, allowing year-round cultivation. Farmers are shifting to high-yielding hybrids, driving a significant agricultural diversification.
Nemom's Koliakode paddy fields lie fallow after 25 years of departmental apathy, rampant weeds, and pollution, despite past successful projects; farmers seek Corporation support for restoration.
Paddy planting is severely delayed in Kolavalli due to water scarcity, forcing farmers to create makeshift dams and lower pumps as river levels drop significantly, causing immense financial worry.
A Kerala farmer replaced rubber with hybrid coconut palms, earning steady income by selling tender coconuts and intercropping, demonstrating agricultural innovation.
In Wayanad, farmer Shaju preserves traditional paddy cultivation using buffaloes and a wooden plough, championing ecological benefits and an ancestral craft.
Malappuram broiler chicken prices are at an all-time low for farmers, yet consumers pay significantly more at retail, with no regulation on markups.
2.5 acres of prime urban land were turned into a successful dragon fruit farm, prioritising stewardship and organic farming over commercial development, using modern techniques and an efficient distribution network.
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