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Farmers say extending fish culture will hit rice cultivation in pokkali fields

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Farmers say extending fish culture will hit rice cultivation in pokkali fields

Farm workers arrive to prepare the field for pokkali farming at Kadamakudy near Kochi. The field used for shrimp farming switches to pokkali farming just ahead of the monsoon. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT The move to extend the time period for fish and shrimp farming up to April 30, under the guise of climate … Read more

Protest brewing against move to “subvert” one-rice-and-one-fish policy in pokkali lands

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Protest brewing against move to “subvert” one-rice-and-one-fish policy in pokkali lands

Protest is brewing against a recent government order permitting paddy field owners to engage year-round fish farming without undertaking the mandatory paddy cultivation in pokkali fields. Those opposed to the order issued by the Directorate of Fisheries alleged that the State government was pressured to change the crop calendar in favour of the saline aquaculture … Read more