Efforts are being made to expand the cultivation of geographical indication (GI)-tagged Onattukara sesame.
Authorities have announced an incentive scheme for growing sesame on fields and homesteads in the Thekkekara Krishi Bhavan limits. Mavelikara Thekkekara grama panchayat president K. Mohankumar said that financial assistance of ₹40 for a cent of land would be given to farmers for cultivating sesame.
The project, which was launched recently, is a joint initiative involving the local Krishi Bhavan, Onattukara Vikasana Agency (OVA), Onattukara Regional Agricultural Research Station (ORARS), Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kayamkulam, and Mavelikara Thekkekara panchayat.
