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Farm Journalism awards announced Centre for Agricultural Media (CAM) has announced state level farm journalism awards in Kannada for the year 2008. Irayya Killedar and KishanRao Kulakarni have been selected for these annual awards given in two categories. Bit by bit, he filled his well S Ganesh Mallya, a high school teacher cum Sunday farmer in Yedapadavu in Karnataka, has greened his plot without borewells. Using simple techniques to catch rainwater, he has managed to raise the water level in his open well and grow a bountiful farm. Programme in memory of Masanobu Fukuoka Nature has its own theory. It maintains a fine balance in ecology. When human interference disturbs the laws of nature, it will have negative implications, said, K.B. Virupakshar, a non-chemical farmer who has been practicing all the four principles of Fukuoka in his farm near Hubli. He further said that Fukuokan principles of ‘natural farming’ which eschews ploughing, weeding and the use of fertilizers or pesticides suits very well to horticulture crops. In agriculture, people should decide upon local-specific practices which are nature-friendly. Virupakshar was sharing his farming experiences at the programme organized in memory of Japanese farmer Masanobu Fukuoka who advocated natural farming.

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