This Farm In Kerala Is Declared As India’s First Carbon Neutral Farm

The chief minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, on Saturday designated a seed farm in Aluva as the nation’s first carbon-neutral farm.
He announced that the seed farm, which is part of the Agricultural Department, has become carbon neutral thanks to a considerable reduction in carbon emissions.

According to him, although the farm’s overall procurement was 213 tonnes, it only produced 43 tonnes of carbon emissions over the course of the previous year.

Compared to the emission rate, as many as 170 tons of more carbon have been procured at the farm, which helped it to be declared as the first carbon neutral seed farm in the country, the Chief Minister explained.

“Carbon neutral farms will be set up in all 140 Assembly constituencies…Efforts have already been launched to make 13 farms in Kerala carbon neutral,” he said Carbon neutral agricultural methods would be implemented through women’s groups and such interventions would be made in the tribal sector as well, Mr Vijayan said.

Even as the state moves towards the goal to achieve food self-sufficiency, plans to maintain ecological equilibrium are also equally important, the Chief Minister said.

According to him, agriculture is responsible for up to 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, and by using carbon neutral agricultural practises, this can be avoided and climate change can be controlled.

P Prasad, the state’s minister of agriculture, and P Rajeeve, the minister of industries, participated in the programme.

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