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As most of the villages in our district and country are turning into towns and urban area leaving very less space for agriculture, farming, and poultry, it is imperative that we need to earmark and encourage available spaces within the city and district for vegetation and agriculture.

There are lot of beautiful farms and agricultural lands in Kollam district and those worth mentioning are near to important town suburbs of Puthur, Shasthancottah, Ezhukone, Chathanoor, Anchal to name the few.

As we eat vegetables that are more toxic than before, we eat meat that have more antibiotic contents than before, the focus on encouraging agriculture, farming, and husbandry and thereby kindling interest in people for home grown vegetables and cultivation is the need of the hour. Vegetation and Agricilture can be done within the city, within the house premises, but the interest and will is the most important investment.

Though this thread may not be relevant from a Skyscraper city point of view but the content of this thread and those who are interested in the content will be more relevant in future for our existance.

I request all our forummers to post all agricultural related, farming related, and animal husbandry related projects, news, events, ideas, and beautiful pictures of agricultural scapes of Kollam district in this thread.

 

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Agricultural lands near Ambalathumkala the outskirts of Ezhukone town

 

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Vendar Rubber farms a breeding place of peackocks - Off the Kottarakkara - Karunagapally road

 

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Source - The Hindu

 

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Regional Poultry Farm, Kureepuzha

 

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District Panchayath's Ayur Hatchery became a big hit

Courtesy - Arun

 

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Agro Service Center @ Oyoor in a dilapidated plight due to authorities negligence

Source - Manorama

 

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26 lakhs worth subsidy for Agricultural & Dairy farm projects for Mylom panchayath in Kottarakkara

Source - Mathrubhoomi

 

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Kerala Agricultural Dept. will start agricultural machine manufacturing unit @ Kottarakkara

Courtesy - Arun

 

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Krishi Vigyan Kendra @ Sadanandapuram

Courtesy - Nanda Kumar

 

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Ayoor Thottathara Hatchery to be inaugrated on August 28th

Source - Manorama

 

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Minister for Animal Husbandry K.P. Mohanan to open Kollam district panchayat hatchery complex @ Ayur tomorrow

A hatchery complex of the district panchayat at Elamad Thottathara, near Ayur, will be inaugurated by Minister for Animal Husbandry K.P. Mohanan on Thursday.

Kollam MP N.K. Premachandran will inaugurate the function.

Training

A poultry training institute attached to the complex will be inaugurated by K.N. Balagopal, MP.

The parent stock farm at the complex will be inaugurated by Chadayamangalam MLA Mullakkara Ratnakaran.

District panchayat president S. Jayamohan told presspersons here it would be the first hatchery in the State to be owned by a district panchayat.

A farm animal show will be organised at the venue in connection with the event.

Mr. Jayamohan said the hatchery complex would be operated in association with the Animal Husbandry Department.

The project, he said, aimed at making the district self-sufficient in poultry products. He said Rs.1.5 crore had been spent for the project so far. The district panchayat had made an annual allocation of Rs.3 crore for animal husbandry projects.

As many as 5 lakh chicks would be hatched at the hatchery annually. The district needs about 10 lakh chicken eggs a day, but only 4 lakh are produced in the district. The rest is brought from Tamil Nadu. The chicks produced at the hatchery will be distributed to farmers through the local bodies.

District panchayat secretary K. Anil Kumar was present at the press briefing.

Source - The Hindu

 

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Oil Palms @ Anchal

"Oil palms... being cut down to replant. This is where 'Palmolein' comes from. There's a big oil processing and refinery plant somewhere in the vicinity."

Courtesy - Salil (BCM Touring)

 

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Punthalathazham Perumkulam Ela - A paddy field in Kollam city suburbs

 

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Polachira Ela - Near Kottiyam (5 year old pics)

 

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Mangrove Forest Project @ Ashtamudi: Monitoring Committe convened for project implementation

Source - Manorama

 

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Priority for organic farming : Minister K P Mohanan

Minister for Agriculture and Animal Husbandry K.P. Mohanan has said that systematic steps are being taken to make organic farming the main medium of agriculture in the State. He said this while addressing a gathering after inaugurating the hatchery of the Kollam District panchayat at Ayoor Thottathara on Thursday.

Mr. Mohanan said that many of the recent agriculture and animal husbandry schemes launched by the Kollam district panchayat are commendable. The dairy project under group farming system evolved by the district panchayat is the first of its kind in the country, he said.

The ‘Poultry Village’ scheme of the government will be started at Elamad panchayat in the district. The minister said that under the scheme three chicken will be distributed free of cost to each family in the panchayat. With the launch of the Govardhini Scheme it is expected that the cow population in the State will go up by one lakh.

A special scheme to promote pineapple farms has also been launched. A poultry feed factory with a capacity of 150 tonnes will start operations at Mala soon. The government is also considering to open three more poultry feed factories in the State, Mr. Mohanan said.

The inaugural function was presided over by the District Panchayat president S. Jayamohan.

Source - The Hindu, Manorama

 

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Horticulture @ Pananguda, Pathanapuram: Catering Flowers for Onam

Source - Manorama

 

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A school with a green vegetation mission

Source - Manorama

 

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Organic Vegetable kit distribution including banana leaves - This onam to be celebrated in an organic flavour in Kollam district

District Panchayath plans this onam in an Organic way; decides to distribute 10000 organic vegetable kits with 4 banana leaves.

Source - The Hindu