Project Brief: Promotion of Sustainable and Ecological Food Production in India. Transformation of Agriculture into a system of community based self reliant and ecologically sound and sustainable, poison free food production.
Project Type: Fellowships (description)
Primary Focus: creating resources (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Austin

Status: ENDED
Project Steward: Vinod Viswanath
Co-Steward: Siddamma E
Project Partner(s): Govindaswamy Nammalvar
Project Address: Fellowship: Nammalvar
17/9, 5TH STREET, SRINIVASA NAGAR
THIRUVANAI KOIL, TRICHY, Tamil Nadu 620 005
Tel: +91-944-262-4589
Stewarding Chapter: Austin

Nammalvar is an organic scientist, who has been working on sustainable farming, organic practices and fighting against large scale single crop farming, against international patents on indian traditional practices etc. for over four decades now. His exception work in desalinating over 6000 acres of land after the Tsunami earned him much recognition. He works primarily in Tamilnadu, but also travels in Andhra, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra, giving workshops on these practices and convincing folks to opt out of using harmful pesticides and fertilizers, and more recently GM seeds. He has written extensively (mostly in Tamil) and published books and articles on these practices that he espouses.