Agriculture Activities

Even though 60% of Indian population engaged in agriculture activities, nobody is having concern for the conditions of the farmers. Farmer’s economy is very poor. Every year the rate of migration to cities in search of their livelihood is increasing. Poor credit delivery of banks is also responsible for the worst cultivation of the rural areas.

The farmers face lot of difficulties in getting quality seeds, weed management, pest management, manure inputs and so on. The farmers are confused and exploited by so many seed and fertilizer companies. Farmers in the villages do not have feeling to know about their soil, its components and its fertility for suitable crop cultivation.

The ashram has broad knowledge about the farming techniques because of the demonstration fields and its wide linkage with the agri scientists, experts and leading farmers of our Tamil Nadu. The viability of generating vast employment opportunities is more in Agriculture sector than any other industrial sector. Employment can be easily given to all rural uneducated youth even with any formal training.

Hence the need of the hour is to boast agriculture and create small scale agri-entrepreneurs and to reinstate the feeling of dignity of labour in the minds of the farmers. Keeping the problems of farmers in view, the ashram has plunged into the oceanic problems of the farmers to save them to the extent possible without waiting for favourable climate.

To attend these problems of the farmers, the ashram runs a Centre for Sustainable Agriculture with the objectives of,

• Disseminating the traditional knowledge and wisdom of farming.
• Providing counseling and service to the farmers in seed management, water management, cropping pattern, pest management, modern equipments and marketing.
• Popularising the modern farming techniques
• Solving the social, economical and personal problems of farmers

COMPONENTS OF THE CENTRE

• Agriculture Clinic cum Consultation Centre
• Farmers Awareness Exhibition Centre
• Seed Bank
• Soil Testing Laboratory
• Metrological Unit
• Nursery
• Mushroom Cultivation
• Bio Gas Plant
• Herbal Exhibition Centre
• Documentation Centre
• Demonstration Fields
• Other Special Training programmes for formers

Now the Krishi Centre is concentrating on Organic farming, Vermi compost, Bio-pest control methods like Panchakavyam, Azolla Cultivation, Seed preservation, and various training programmes for farmers on new cultivation methods.