To mitigate climate change on the agriculture sector, the state agriculture department of Kerela has planned to promote carbon-neutral agriculture at selected places in the state. For this, the government has budgeted 6 crore in the fiscal year 2022-23.
Agriculture minister P Prasad said, “In the first step towards this goal, the state government will form an organic agriculture mission to ensure the production of safe food within the state. As a part of the mission, farmers will be given training in agriculture practices which could reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, vermicomposting, enhancement in the level of organic carbon in the soil and carbon-sequestration in the soil will be given more emphasis.”
Carbon-neutral farming is set to be introduced at 13 farms under the Agriculture Department and Tribal regions in the first phase and plans are on way for the transformation of the State Seed farm at Aluva into a carbon-neutral farm. For the second phase model, carbon-neutral farms will be constructed in all 140 Assembly constituencies.
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