Summary:
“For all these, I spend Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000 an acre. When compared to ordinary rice, organic rice can be sold at prices ranging from Rs 60 to Rs 70 per kg.Govindaraj had worked for about 12 years in various parts of India and the gulf countries before returning to India and starting paddy cultivation on his 5-acre ancestral land in 2012. An ardent disciple of green crusader G Nammalvar, the organic farmer is also rearing country chicken, cows and goats. He has planted many rare varieties of trees in his garden in order to preserve them for the future, he added. He has been cultivating Basmathi, Seeraga samba, Iluppai Poo samba, Kuzhi Vedichan, Sorna Masuri, Karuppu Kavuni and Karung kuruvai on his 2.5 acres of land at his village..