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Mini K |
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Magazine on sustainable farming practices |
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In the state of Kerala, the farms are giving way to more remunerative enterprises. Moreover among the existing farmers, the indiscriminate use of agricultural chemicals has increased manifold in the last couple of decades. We have got more than one lakh commercial fruit and vegetable growers registered in our organization selling their produce worth approximately Rs.200 crores per annum through 242 VFPCK outlets in the state. This makes us more responsible and we feel that we have to act on a war footing to address the issue. As a part of it, we would like to release a special issue of our magazine on Sustainable Farming practices with special emphasis on organic farming in December. We would like an article from you. It would definitely instil the confidence and would impart a true sense of urgency and right direction, as is required for actions on this front. Our staff will see that it reaches all our farmers and the matter is addressed through wide campaigns.
(I will request colleagues in NIF and HBN to co-author an article which brings out the noteworthy green /organic ideas from south, particularly Kerala but also some from north from different fields with greater focus on fruits and orchards, including herbal pesticides. We will share the ideas about technology, we will also like you to publish a small box along with the article on seventh campaign for scouting innovations so that new ideas from your readers could be mobilized, rewarded and supported. Ed)
A passion to give back to society
Sandeep Kumar Mohapatra
s_m113@yahoo.comI
Just saw your TED video and after watching it, really, I feel inspired and energetic. I have a passion to give back to society and I hope I will use the insights given by you in the video.
(I greatly appreciate your interest and hope that your resolve to make a contribution will not end with this mail. I am sure that each person can make a small difference. You can pick up an innovation from sristi.org or nifindia.org and then do market research or make a business plan for the same, or try to find licensing opportunity. Ed)
Honey Bee hums in South Korea
Simon
simonlee@nrf.re.kr
I am working at NRF (National Research Foundation) of Korea. I am here at the research position, regarding UNFCCC (United Nations Giving before you get
Jodha
jodha@vsnl.com
I was delighted to see you being selected for Utne Readers’ 25 Visionaries Who Are Changing the World and the link it had to your TED talk which was most stimulating. What you presented, and have told me earlier also, whenever we met – that a fundamental question each of us in a more privileged situation need to ask ourselves is what do people from less privileged situations, that we encounter and profit from, in multiple ways, get out of this same encounter? It is a very simple question and at once the hardest to answer for any honest person. I have struggled and mulled over the question and it has been a little easier for me than most others because I have not profited much. Being an independent documentary film maker in India, without connections with overseas broadcast channels, or Indian government departments, makes it hard as it is.
For almost two years now I have been working on a film parallel to and cross-subsidized by my other paid assignments. It is an unfolding story of a very successful self-employed and plasticising dentist with a wife and child. Leading a normal life while practicing in his two clinics in Delhi, he one day woke up to find himself affected by a rare and incurable eye disease. As he dealt with his diminishing eye sight, his work came to a halt. After spending next three years struggling, he learned about computer enabled software and slowly built back his life and career doing medical transcripts for BPOs. What makes his story unique though is that, despite his diminishing physical condition, limited personal resources and dependence on his wife who is also a dentist, he set out to create opportunities for other visually challenged who have little opportunities in India.
He charges no money for training and gets his students placed in well paying jobs in the corporate sector. Although I have not been able to get anybody to commission this film project I am making for the past two years and have run up huge expenses as a result, I have also made three films for the dentist and given him 200 DVDs and VCDs which he is using as part of his presentation and is
given by him free of cost. We have also put these films on the web. All of this has helped him scale up his work and build partnerships. He now provides training in 14 areas using paid and voluntary teachers. He has a larger space and donated computers. He has now reached out to those who can see but are handicapped in
other ways. In a span of one and a half years he has also been able to get 200 people of varying disabilities employed in the corporate sector.
I am still working on trying to get a broadcaster interested and just last week spoke to some European commissioning editors at a retreat. It is just too inspiring a story to remain unshared. When and if at all, I can’t say. But yes, at least in this case, I can say what few of my fellow filmmakers can: I have given before I have received.Magazine on sustainable farming practices
Mini K.
minikdileep@gmail.com
In the state of Kerala, the farms are giving way to more remunerative enterprises. Moreover among the existing farmers, the indiscriminate use of agricultural chemicals has increased manifold in the last couple of decades. We have got more than one lakh commercial fruit and vegetable growers registered in our organization selling their produce worth approximately Rs.200 crores per annum through 242 VFPCK outlets in the state. This makes us more responsible and we feel that we have to act on a war footing to address the issue. As a part of it, we would like to release a special issue of our magazine on Sustainable Farming practices with special emphasis on organic farming in December. We would like an article from you. It would definitely instil the confidence and would impart a true sense of urgency and right direction, as is required for actions on this front. Our staff will see that it reaches all our farmers and the matter is addressed through wide campaigns.
(I will request colleagues in NIF and HBN to co-author an article which brings out the noteworthy green /organic ideas from south, particularly Kerala but also some from north from different fields with greater focus on fruits and orchards, including herbal pesticides. We will share the ideas about technology, we will also like you to publish a small box along with the article on seventh campaign for scouting innovations so that new ideas from your readers could be mobilized, rewarded and supported. Ed)
A passion to give back to society
Sandeep Kumar Mohapatra
s_m113@yahoo.comI
Just saw your TED video and after watching it, really, I feel inspired and energetic. I have a passion to give back to society and I hope I will use the insights given by you in the video.
(I greatly appreciate your interest and hope that your resolve to make a contribution will not end with this mail. I am sure that each person can make a small difference. You can pick up an innovation from sristi.org or nifindia.org and then do market research or make a business plan for the same, or try to find licensing opportunity. Ed)
Honey Bee hums in South Korea
Simon
simonlee@nrf.re.kr
I am working at NRF (National Research Foundation) of Korea. I am here at the research position, regarding UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). I make statement regarding technology transfer agenda in UNFCCC and develop measures for Korea’s participation in climate change technology centre and network. Also I monitor and analyze agendas regarding the implementation of the technology transfer between developed and developing nations.
These days I am doing a research on “R&D Planning and Management System in Different Nations.” It is a difficult matter for me to conduct survey in Korea so that I am planning to do on-site survey in your country. My research area includes an analysis on R&D planning, selection, evaluation process in different nations. I am thinking if I can relate my work with your expertise and view. I would appreciate if I can visit your place and have an interview with you during December.
(It was nice having you here with us Hope you will spread the word about honey bee network in korea Ed)
Proud to be an Indian
S.David Brynerd
dbsallapudi@gmail.com
This is David Brynerd from Hyderabad who had undergone Summer School on CPRs in 1997 in IIM under your guidance. That was very memorable experience. Now I am working with Rural Technology Park of NIRD. I have seen the details and achievements of 7 most powerful Indians. I am really astonished to read their achievements. Being an Indian, I too feel proud at their achievements.
(Very nice to hear from you. I do recall those days. CPRs are still very important. Ed.)
Volunteering for Honey Bee
Rupali Patil
rupali.tech@gmail.com
As I am from rural background, this is the best opportunity to connect my education and my roots to solve problems of rural areas in better. As an addition to my Engineering and design background this will help me to develop skills in rural technology innovations and insights for designing.
(Welcome to Honey Bee Network!
I am very happy to hear about your passion and willingness to volunteer. Ed)
Empowering rural India through technopreneurship
Ameen Rashad V
ameenrashadv@gmail.com
I am a final year B.Tech student at TKM College of engineering, Kollam, Kerala. I am a frequent reader of your blog http://www.sristi.org/anilg. Your words are really inspiring. I’m also doing a project work of an “Electric two-wheeler” and applied for funding from TePP, at Technopark TBI, Trivandrum.
(Several rural problems are posed at techpedia.in. You may take a few or identify on your own in your neighbourhood and try to invite solutions to them. You can also collect final year projects of students who passed out this year and also post synopsis of projects in progress this year. You can also set up SCAI at your college. Ed)
Low cost technologies in AAU’s newsletter
Labhubhai Joshi
Journalist, Near Jain Dirasar, Subahas road
Anand
Your article on low-cost sustainable technologies published in Anand Agricultural University’s newsletter was very enriching. I wish to access more such technologies available in your data base and also contribute the practices I know or have come across.
We welcome you to contribute to our database and disseminate the knowledge as well. You can find more such practices at sristi.org and nif.org.in, Ed)
Shodhyatra inspiring participation
Natwarbhai Bhimbhai Nayak
MB Electronics, 14 KshitijAppartment, Tithal Road, Valsad
I read Loksarvani regularly. I come to know about many new things which I share with my neighbours and friends. I also insist that they subscribe to the newsletter as they also find it interesting. Shodhyatra report, particularly, interests me a lot and incites me to participate. I have been thinking about it for a long time now. I have been practicing organic farming for the past ten years.
(Shodhyatras have allowed us to reach many untouched parts of the country and augment the creativity of knowledge rich but economically underprivileged people. I appreciate your efforts in spreading organic agriculture. Ed)
Selling products in the local market
Amrutbhai Dalabhai Tatosaniya
Village Kumbhalmegh, Taluka Palanpur,
Banaskatha
I received your invitation to the farmer’s fair (khedut haat) in Sattvik. I have noticed that there is no control over the prices of the food items and some stall owners price their commodity very high. I doubt if Jaggary i.e.Gur, ice-cream and Chavanprash could be considered Sattvik or organic. For farmers like me, the cost of transportation to Ahmedabad is high, so it will be better if we sell our products in the local market only for which SRISTI could find a way.
(A committee of farmers visit every farmer who comes to sell their products in the farmers’ fair to validate that the products are organic. The jaggery is made in an organic way i.e. no chemicals are used, but we cannot assure you if the sugarcane used is grown in an organic way too. We agree
that the ideal thing would be if we could
use the sugarcane grown in an organic
way. In the food festival we also emphasize on bringing the traditional and forgotten or rarely cultivated food items to the palates! Ed)
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