For the country’s food security and for alleviating poverty, Water Conservation Fee is definitely the much-awaited reform.

A comprehensive water policy that includes tank irrigation, groundwater and canal irrigation, is needed.

खेत में अनाज का उत्पादन, भंडारण और वितरण का काम महिला किसानों ने किया है, जो पूरी तरह स्वावलंबी है। खाद्य सुरक्षा के साथ जैव विविधता का संरक्षण भी!

They pack one kg of a variety of indigenous seeds in cloth bags and sell them at exhibitions to encourage more farmers to cultivate them.

At least 70% products will be made and sold by women farmers directly to the consumer.

Food festivals, trail running and mini-marathons, yoga camps, story-telling sessions and bird-watching walks lead up to Mesar Van Kautik.

"The herbs that go into herbal concoctions used as as insect repellents and for veterinary purposes come from our own herbal gardens."

While promoting ecotourism, the villagers try to maintain a balance between conservation, livelihood and convenience

“This coming together of organic farmers is expected to create a farming reform movement not only in Kerala but across India”