Janasree call to promote organic farming

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Janasree Sustainable Development Mission urged the State Government to formulate a comprehensive policy to attain food self-sufficiency by the state,  even while reducing the use of chemical fertilisers.Speaking at a press conference here on Tuesday,  Janasree Sustainable Development Mission chairman M M Hassan said that a two-day conference will be held here in August based on the topic  ‘poison-free food production’  which would be attended by farmers, agriculture scientists, health experts and representatives of organisations involved in organic farming. He said that the Janasree Sustainable Development Mission would promote a people’s movement to spread organic farming as the state was consuming food products from the neighbouring states injected with poisonous pesticides. “Presently,  the state is using huge quantity of pesticides.  Even though the previous LDF Government had formulated an organic farming policy, nothing tangible was done,” anasree Sustainable Development Mission chairman  said.