Degradation of The Nilgiris mountain communities in the areas of health, economy, education, environment and socio cultural front was due to inorganic practices over the last three decades.
It was important to declare The Nilgiris as an organic district said former director, Tamil Nadu Institute of Urban Studies, Coimbatore, P. Kanagasabapathi at a seminar on “The Driving Forces and the process of Development in the Mountain Communities of the Nilgiris,” organised by The Nilgiris Education and Research Foundation (NEAR) Foundation, in Udhagamandalam recently.
He urged mountain communities to cultivate traditional crops like minor millets, county wheat, buckwheat, greens and vegetable to sustain health and food security for the next generation.
Mr. Kanagasabapathi said that community based development is sustainable development. Vice-Chancellor of University and Institute of Advance Research at Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat, Guna Magesan said that there had to be viable opportunities for the uplift of the mountain communities in the district.
It was important to declare The Nilgiris as an organic district said former director, Tamil Nadu Institute of Urban Studies, Coimbatore, P. Kanagasabapathi at a seminar on “The Driving Forces and the process of Development in the Mountain Communities of the Nilgiris,” organised by The Nilgiris Education and Research Foundation (NEAR) Foundation, in Udhagamandalam recently.
He urged mountain communities to cultivate traditional crops like minor millets, county wheat, buckwheat, greens and vegetable to sustain health and food security for the next generation.
Mr. Kanagasabapathi said that community based development is sustainable development. Vice-Chancellor of University and Institute of Advance Research at Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat, Guna Magesan said that there had to be viable opportunities for the uplift of the mountain communities in the district.