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Archive for the ‘Agriculture’ CategoryCP(M) to Govt – Coorg needs agriculture not tourismFriday, July 2nd, 2010Lay more stress on Agriculture, Not tourism Criticizing the govt move to develop tourism in Coorg, the secretary of the CPI(M), I.R. Durgaprasad called upon MP A H Vishwanath to lay more stress on developing agriculture in the district by providing better produce prices and sops to agriculturists in the disctrict. He further stated that tourism should not be developed at the cost of agriculture in the district. He also condemned Assembly speaker K G Bopaiah for his insensitive remarks against Virajpet TP President Sarita Poonacha recently and accused the ruling BJP and its elected representative are getting involved in each issue of the district and interfering the the workings of local bodies. Tags: CPI(M), Durgaprasad, K G Bopaiah, Saritha Poonacha Grasshopper swarms invade S. CoorgMonday, June 28th, 2010Grasshoppers resembling locusts, have been causing sleepless nights to farmers in and around s. kodagu since the last couple of days. Swarms were spotted entrring houses attracted by the electric bulbs. Researchers at the college of forestry, ponnampet, after an initial study of the inscets have confirmed to coffeeland news that the swarms were of long whiskered grasshoppers and not locusts since the locusts are short whiskered and to help them fly furtherlocusts have different legs and their chest area is also wider.The grasshoppers noticed in s.kodagu have Praying mantis type charecterstics and these do not destroy cash crops. Farmers should have no reason to worry from these swarms since they feed on certain types of grasses only.What is of concern to scientists and naturalists is the origin of these swarms and the reasons for the huge explosion in their population and the reason as to why the swarms were attaacted to light? These questions will be answered in a couple of days once the research is completed Does the flowering of the bamboo have any connection to these swarms? Maybe , is all that entomologists are saying right now. Scientists& researchers are of the opinion that ther is no reason to panic and that once further investigation is completed all the grey areas will be filled in. Tags: Grasshopper, Locust, South Coorg, swarms Jackfruit In CoorgThursday, June 24th, 2010 Jackfruit is found a plenty in Coorg. The people of Coorg relish Chekke(Jackfruit) Curry. Jackfruit is named after Sir William Jack. He was a botanist who worked for the British East Asian Company. “Our Ancestors had survived by consuming Jackfruit, when paddy was not sufficient for consumption” expressed a farmer at ‘Jackfruit Mela’. True to the words, Jackfruit was once upon a time a form of staple food in Kodagu. These trees were retained to provide shade to the Cardamom. Then the traditional cardamom growing areas were converted to coffee plantations. However coffee required more sunlight, leading to felling down of many supporting trees, including Jackfruit Unlike other perennial crops, Jackfruit does not require any cultural operations. It is already present in abundance in Kodagu including barren and waste lands. These plants can be profitably exploited by harvesting the fruits at different stages of maturity and converting them into various products like Jackfruit chips, burfee, halwa, peda, papads and so on. The coffee plantations, bordering forest areas face the problem of elephant menace as elephants are attracted by Jackfruits. This has led to a serious problem leading to ‘Man Animal Conflict’. In order to avoid the menace of animals, many farmers started removing immature fruits and throwing them, leading to wastage of raw materials. In India Jackfruit worth Rs.215.40 crores has been wasted every year. In order to create awareness among people of Kodagu, Jackfruit Mela was organized jointly by University Of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore, College of Forestry, Ponnampet and Agricultural Research Centre. The University Of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, has for the first time, set up ‘Jack Fruit Growers Association’, where Kodagu district growers of the fruit can be benefited. In Kodagu, emphasis must be given to the development of Jack Fruit cultivation. Government should not only provide subsidy alone but should also provide marketing facilities. Community based marketing is essential to market jackfruit.Self Hep Group and Stree Shakthi organisation should come forward to popularize Jackfruit in Kodagu through Value Addition. However the commitment of farmers and Government assistance will surely take Kodagu farmers ahead of others in Jackfruit cultivation. Tags: Chekke, Jackfruit, Jackfruit Mela Govt sets guidelines for availing relief under loan waiver packageSunday, June 20th, 2010The package is applicable for small planters who’s holdings are less than 25 acre and have
taken the special coffee term loan before 2002.
The Union Govt has approved the coffee loan waiver package for Rs 241.33 crore. Under the guidelines
the small planters who are eligible will now only have to pay 25 per cent of the loan amount to the banks.
The Union Govt will be paying 50 per cent of the remaining and the bank shall waive of the remaining 25 percent.
The package is only applicable to small planters. Medium and Large size planters have inturn been provided with more time to pay their dues. No package has been offered to planters who have holdings of more than 25 acres.
Currently there is no information on how many planters in Coorg will be benefited by the package.
The package is applicable only for small planters who’s holdings are less than 25 acre and have taken the special coffee term loan before 2002. The Union Govt has approved the coffee loan waiver package for Rs 241.33 crore. Under the guidelines the small planters who are eligible will now only have to pay 25 per cent of the loan amount to the banks. The Union Govt will be paying 50 per cent of the remaining and the bank shall waive of the remaining 25 percent. The package is only applicable to small planters. Medium and Large size planters have inturn been provided with more time to pay their dues. No package has been offered to planters who have holdings of more than 25 acres. Currently there is no information on how many planters in Coorg will be benefited by the package. Tags: Coffee Board, Coffee Package Central Government introduces 363 crore coffee package for PlantersSunday, May 2nd, 2010The special package shall offer growers relief of up to 75 per cent of their total outstanding loans existing prior to 2002. Includes a 20 per cent waiver on crop loan liabilities, subject to a maximum of Rs. 1 lakh. For loans taken after 2002, one-tenth of the liability will be waived, subject to a maximum of Rs. 1 lakh. The package only applies growers with holdings of up to 25 acres. Coffee board had proposed 504 crore package which included concessions for those who had promptly repaid loans. But the present package is less and includes no concessions. Tags: 363 Crore, Coffee Package As Indian Rupee appreciates, Coffee exporters stay away.Saturday, April 24th, 2010At Thursday’s Coffee Association of India’s auction at bangalore,exporters stayed away from bidding due to weak domestic and export demand for coffee.
One of the other reasons being the upward swing of rupee against the dollar, which reduces the earnings of exporter as the international coffee trade is dominated by dollar.
Only 39 tonnes out of the 238.12 on auction got sold.
Arabica A & B were sold 50 to 100 rupees lower than the previous auction.
At Thursday’s Coffee Association of India’s auction at bangalore, exporters stayed away from bidding due to weak domestic and international demand for coffee. One of the other reasons for the low interest from exporters was the upward swing of rupee against the dollar, which reduces the earnings of exporter as the international coffee trade is dominated by dollar. Only 39 tonnes out of the 238.12 on auction got sold. Arabica A & B were sold 50 to 100 rupees lower than the previous auction. Tags: Coffee Association of India, Coffee Auction The Jamma Land Issue and InsightsThursday, April 22nd, 2010As the Jamma Land issue and rights over it is being raked up again, Journalist P T Bopanna throws some insights about the whole Jamma Land issue in Coorg 1 . Includes history, sucessive rulers stand and the current government and land holders tussle.
Tags: Jamma Land, P T Bopanna Bane Land Issue: Coorg gears up for protest againTuesday, April 6th, 2010Revenue Secretary G.S.Narayanan circular stating that the rights over the bane lands rests with the government and not the land holders in Coorg has met with unified rejection in Coorg. The Land holders have questioned the government’s repeated U-turn’s on the issue. The government had previously withdrawn a similar notification. Tags: Bane Land Agriculture Minister assures no shortage of fertilizersSunday, April 4th, 2010Speaking to press persons at the College of Forestry yesterday the Agriculture minister S.A. Ravindranath assured that the Government would ensure that there was adequate stock of fertilizers for farmers, and necessary steps have been taken to meet the demand. He said the Government has spent Rs 400 crore to buy a stockpile of 3 lakh ton of fertilizers. Tags: Agriculture Minister
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