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Thursday, Aug 08, 2002
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Thursday, Aug 08, 2002 |
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Agri-Biz & Commodities
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Agricultural Policy TN to promote organic farming Our Bureau
CHENNAI, Aug. 7 THE Tamil Nadu Government plans to promote organic cultivation of a range of horticulture and plantation crops to augment farmers' income. The Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalithaa, said the Government would promote production of organically cultivated fruits and vegetables, tea and other crops. The pulses village concept developed by the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation would be extended throughout the State to tackle malnutrition. She was addressing the dedication of three facilities at the Foundation - - a touch and smell garden for the visually impaired children, Every child a scientist centre and a biotechnology green house. Announcing a grant of Rs 5 lakh each to the development of the touch and smell garden and the biotechnology green house, she said the biotechnology greenhouse had the potential to play a crucial role in the wasteland development programme promoted by the Government. These were concepts that should be replicated widely, she said. The State Government will soon launch a programme for the eradication of malnutrition and debilitating diseases. The pulses village concept will help address the problem of malnutrition. A campaign would soon be launched against debilitating diseases that were preventable, she said. Ms Jayalalithaa released the twelfth annual report of the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. The biotechnology greenhouse is a facility for transgenic plants and is part of a programme to develop salinity-resistant crop varieties. The touch and smell garden is part of "every child a scientist programme" and aims to help visually impaired children explore the environment through the senses of touch and smell. The Every child a scientist centre envisages application of information technology in learning science and technology by children belonging to the underprivileged sections of the society.
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