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Farmers are the best scientists.

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Kochi: "Farmers are the best scientists and they do experiments with the crops despite challenges and do not shirk from trying out new methods even if it fails the first time. However, what the present day requires is that the scientific community make farming technology friendly for small farmers. The focus should be on agro-ecology," said Padma Shri winner Kumari Sabarmatee from Odisha.

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 "Tiki apa', as she is popularly known, successfully demonstrated on how a land can be regenerated ecologically, and said that the stigma associated with small farmers when they come out stating their experiments on their farm has to be addressed. "There is a need to have more women-friendly farming methods as they spend a lot of time in farms and yet the equipment are not women-friendly," she added during an interaction organized during a farmer-scientist interface session held as part of the 16th agricultural science congress in Kochi on Thursday.

Along with her, four other Padma awardees - Cheruvayal Raman from Wayanad, Batakrushna Sahoo from Odisha, Sethpal Singh and Chandrasekhar Singh from Uttar Pradesh spoke of their farming experiments. Raman's principle of free distribution of seeds was widely accepted among the farmers who came from 17 states and Union territories.

Most spoke of the hardships in getting loans. "There's no social dignity for a farmer when he approaches government offices and financial institutions. We are treated with suspicion," said a woman farmer. The farmers also spoke of post-harvest issues, including procurement and marketing, lack of adequate agri-equipment and needs for value-added products to counter the losses caused by excess production. Farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Lakshadweep were present.

Problems of disease outbreaks in coconut trees were raised by farmers from Kerala while others raised the issues faced by farmer producer companies which were set up before 2020. Sanjay Patil from Goa spoke of promoting natural farming as a means to prevent farmer suicides. "Inorganic farmers should shift to organic while organic farmers should move to natural farming," he said.

The agricultural congress will conclude on Friday.

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“Seeds are not for sale, but to be passed on from generation to generation.” Cheruvayal RamenKochi seeds are not for sale. Padmashree awardee and tribal farmer Cheruvayal Raman shared his experience at the 16th Agricultural Science Congress.

Seeds are a gift of nature. Rice seeds, including traditional varieties, are being conserved. These are given free to the needy – he said. Apart from Cheruvayal Raman, two Padma awardees are from Uttar Pradesh. Padma awardees told the farmers while leading the farmers' meeting at the Sixteenth Agricultural Science Congress. These include Krishna Saha, Chandrashekhar Singh, Sethpal Singh, Cheruvayal Raman and Kumari Sabar Mati.

Sethpal Singh, Chandrashekhar Singh, Sabarmati Tiki and Bhatta Krishna Sahu shared their experiences and suggestions here.

Farmers who received Padma awards were also honored in the conference.

The farmers here demanded that market should be ensured for every product. There is a need for an agricultural development policy that also considers the problems of small and medium farmers.

Local varieties of rice should be developed. Measures to provide small machinery for farming to farmers should be made easier. He also said that coconut farmers are in trouble due to falling prices and disease. Agricultural Science Congress is hosted by CMFRI. The conference will conclude on Friday.

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