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A father's plea echoes through countless village homes: 'Please, son, abandon the fields. Find work in the city instead.' This heartbreaking refrain captures a crisis sweeping rural India. Farmers spend ten rupees to earn eight. Seeds, fertilisers, pesticides drain coffers whilst market prices collapse. Overreliance on synthetic chemicals has poisoned the very soil that sustains us. Yet hope exists. Naturalist and scientist K. Nammazhwar argues persuasively that we've discarded millennia of proven agricultural knowledge, only to suffer the consequences. This book resurrects those forgotten methods, revealing how farming can become profitable once more without crushing expense. Beyond offering practical solutions, Nammazhwar dismantles the myths clouding our understanding of agriculture. He reframes how we think about cultivation, production, and rural livelihoods. If you've accepted that modern farming demands endless investment with meagre returns, this volume will challenge that assumption fundamentally. It's an invitation to reimagine what's possible when we honour traditional wisdom alongside contemporary understanding.
- Author: K. Nammazhwar
- Publisher: Kizhakku
- Genre: Agriculture & Farming
- ISBN: 978-8183684675
- Pages: 136 pages