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The panel on the back reads, “Caution, treated with poison, do not use it for food, feed and oil purposes.”
Gillan, farmer, Kookalthorai, Nilgiris. “I have 2 acres of land and I’ve been farming on this land for over 20
“I’m Mahendran and I’m in charge of the washing here. We wash the carrots and send it to Ernakulam. We
The farmers of Kookalthorai, as you’ve seen, have been using chemically germinated seeds for a faster harvest of vegetables and
“It takes 85 days for us to harvest carrot. From 40 days to the next 45 days we apply pesticides
“I grow beans, carrot, and beetroot in my 2 acres of land. I do chemical farming, I have no option,
“I lost my eyesight when I was 14. I used to get severe headaches and my eyes weren’t sharp. The