Minister for Agriculture Kakani Govardhan Reddy on Saturday termed the four-year ‘Farmer Scientist’ course, formulated by Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS), as a role model to the world. The course covers natural farming, soil protection, export marketing, high yield with low investment. The student-farmers are given a monthly living stipend as well.
Addressing farmers after launching the course on the campus of Indo-German Global Academy for Agro-ecology Research and Learning (IGCARL) at Pulivendula on Saturday, he said the government was keen on supporting the project by launching an exclusive university for natural farming.
Mr. Reddy urged farmers to practice knowledge-intensive agriculture, with a mix of traditional practices and modern science, to make farming remunerative. “It has been demonstrated here that a farmer can get a minimum monthly income of ₹10,000 from an acre of ‘A’ grade farm even in a rainfed area like Rayalaseema,” he observed.
