Excerpts from -The Hindu - January 19,2012 - M J Prabhu
Mr Subbian's field became polluted due to chemical waste seepage from dyeing factories into the river that flowed across his village. Many farmers started selling their land and moving to cities, since the Government did not adopt any measure to stop the menace.
Mr Subbian stayed back. He did some research on the crops that could be grown in the soil and heard of Alfalfa and decided to cultivate it. He also took up multiple cropping to increase his income. He did this to avoid risk of loss in case on failure of one crop.
The crops are grown organically since he did not have too much success with chemical farming. He complains that the country is willing to import from the West and they dump us with their produce and are destroying livelihoods of the farmers here.
He says green revolution is not just about fields turning green. It should result in prosperity of the farmer. Only then can it be accepted as a revolution. The farmer remains poor throughout his life.but a rice mill owner flourishes as well as the cotton buyer.
India he says no longer lives in the villages, it lives in cities and cramped towns.
Mr Subbian's field became polluted due to chemical waste seepage from dyeing factories into the river that flowed across his village. Many farmers started selling their land and moving to cities, since the Government did not adopt any measure to stop the menace.
Mr Subbian stayed back. He did some research on the crops that could be grown in the soil and heard of Alfalfa and decided to cultivate it. He also took up multiple cropping to increase his income. He did this to avoid risk of loss in case on failure of one crop.
The crops are grown organically since he did not have too much success with chemical farming. He complains that the country is willing to import from the West and they dump us with their produce and are destroying livelihoods of the farmers here.
He says green revolution is not just about fields turning green. It should result in prosperity of the farmer. Only then can it be accepted as a revolution. The farmer remains poor throughout his life.but a rice mill owner flourishes as well as the cotton buyer.
India he says no longer lives in the villages, it lives in cities and cramped towns.
Mr. R. Subbaian at 4/5-A, Kanakkan thottam, A.G. Pudur (P.O), Irugur (via), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu: 641-103, mobile: 0936-3228039, phone:0422-2627072
