If government provides free seeds and saplings, Tamil Nadu can attain self-sufficiency with vegetables - "Kaaikari Paati" Nanjammal
Coimbatore: 'Kaaikari paati' Nanjammal has said if the government provides the necessary seed and seedlings free of cost, we will be able to create self-sufficiency in Tamil Nadu, so far as vegetables go.
Vegetable self-sustainability activist Nanjammal Paatti met with the press in Coimbatore. She said as many of us have not yet succeeded in setting up home vegetable gardens, the government should provide seed and seedlings free of cost to promote it and make it a success.
She said that 50 families should be provided with one unit of natural manure and 100-day employment scheme labourers can be used to set up vegetable gardening with quality measures.
Nanjammal's son Bharti Chinnasamy and environmental activist Angayarkanni said they would send an email to all the state chiefs and the prime minister insisting this. Speaking on the issue, Bharti Chinnasamy said that there are one crore and fourteen lakh self-help groups in the country and they can grow crops such as drumsticks and lemons in limited spaces.
He said vegetables can be grown on the terrace and on the road side and by just spending Rs. 100 to 200 on these gardens, one can save close to Rs. 5000 a month.
He added youngsters and students can be encouraged and utilized in the vegetable sustainability program. He said that 12-crore households across the nation could benefit to the tune Rs 72,000 crore if the scheme is implemented. He said that by utilizing more than 4 crore people working in the 100-day employment program, home gardens can be set up and self-reliant villages can be created.
Nanjammal said that she belongs to a farming family and after ten years of implementing a self-sustaining vegetable plantation program, more than 30 villages are emulating the model.
She laments that though she gives out free saplings to many, people cite lack of space as the main constraint for putting the gardens in place.She also said that the self-sufficient vegetable project only cultivates crops recommended by the Agricultural University.
Vegetable self-sustainability activist Nanjammal Paatti met with the press in Coimbatore. She said as many of us have not yet succeeded in setting up home vegetable gardens, the government should provide seed and seedlings free of cost to promote it and make it a success.
She said that 50 families should be provided with one unit of natural manure and 100-day employment scheme labourers can be used to set up vegetable gardening with quality measures.
Nanjammal's son Bharti Chinnasamy and environmental activist Angayarkanni said they would send an email to all the state chiefs and the prime minister insisting this. Speaking on the issue, Bharti Chinnasamy said that there are one crore and fourteen lakh self-help groups in the country and they can grow crops such as drumsticks and lemons in limited spaces.
He said vegetables can be grown on the terrace and on the road side and by just spending Rs. 100 to 200 on these gardens, one can save close to Rs. 5000 a month.
He added youngsters and students can be encouraged and utilized in the vegetable sustainability program. He said that 12-crore households across the nation could benefit to the tune Rs 72,000 crore if the scheme is implemented. He said that by utilizing more than 4 crore people working in the 100-day employment program, home gardens can be set up and self-reliant villages can be created.
Nanjammal said that she belongs to a farming family and after ten years of implementing a self-sustaining vegetable plantation program, more than 30 villages are emulating the model.
She laments that though she gives out free saplings to many, people cite lack of space as the main constraint for putting the gardens in place.She also said that the self-sufficient vegetable project only cultivates crops recommended by the Agricultural University.