Farmers collective all set to revive upper Kuttanad’s sweet legacy
From a small piece of land adjoining the confluence of the Pampa and the Manimala rivers, the rolling green carpet of sugar cane extends to a vast area of five acres. Standing on one end of this field, Raghunathan Nair, a 66-year-old farmer, waves his hand in an arc. “This whole region once used to be a vast sugar cane field. But it’s all gone now. Over the years, canes gave way to short-term crops such as tapioca and plantain,” he says.
After a gap of over three decades, the sweet scent of newly cut sugar cane has made a comeback to the verdant landscape of upper Kuttanad, thanks to a year of hard work and perseverance by the Pampa Karimbu Karshaka Samiti (sugar cane farmers’ association). The success of an experimental farming initiative by the collective on a five-acre field in Kadapra has inspired more farmers to join the cause……
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