GHCL plans organic cotton farming in Orissa
Organic cotton October 25th. 2007, 10:49amFollowing are excerpts from a report in Business Standard.
Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd.’s textiles division plans to go for organic cotton contract farming in Gujarat, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh in a big way.
The company aims to cover 30,000 hectares in these states. For a start the company has finalised on 2,000 hectares of organic contract farming in Orissa.
The company’s organic home linen segment is witnessing a great demand in the European and the US markets. The company is planning to go in for a tie-up with the National Institute of Fashion Technology(NIFT) to allow the students to go in for internships at GHCL units and to tap talents for their facility.
Neeraj Jalan, General Manager, GHCL, told Business Standard: “We are aiming to cover around 30,000 hectares under contract farming for organic cotton. We have identified three states for this which included Gujarat, Orissa and Madhya Pradesh. We have finalised around 2,000 hectares of land for contract farming in Orissa.
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July 6th, 2010 at 7:17 am
Hello
If this is kind of a movement I support this.
I am from coastal belt of Odisha and seen the agriculture dying a slow death in our region.People have moved out to other professions as agriculture is no more paying. Some of the farmers have become daily wage earners and even beggers.The land which was producing good quality rice and pulses are lying barreen for a years. In some areas, river beds are at higher level than the land so rain water is becoming stagnant , causing total loss to the crop. Rest of the year it is the animals and thiefs who are claiming their portion.Land grabbers in the disguise of devellopers for residential properties are making the land uncultivatable.Village Panchayat and government could do nothing .
Any solution with you????
Please reply
December 5th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Dear Mr,Chintamani,
I am an MBA and been in profession for the last 15 years but in todays rapid industrialisation we have all forgotten agriculture. After a decade we will see the beginning of the “Green Revolution”. I am really inttrested to start farming in a more scientific way – I guess the catch lies there, we dont see many success stories in farming in Odisha bcoz we dont use scientific means to be more productive.