29.08.2007 | permalink
With an aim to declare the state as ’Jaiva Keralam’, the draft organic farming policy of Kerala is expected to be finalised by the State Government in a month after presenting it on September 8. The modalities are being worked out by the government to finalise the draft organic farming policy and with that 100 panchayats in Kerala will be declared as ’Jaiva Panchayats’ , Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran told this website’s News Paper. [...] That would be in a bid to save the state from the entry of genetically modified crops and the use of chemical pesticides.