Enabavi

Enabavi is a small village, 10 kms away from Jangaon in Warangal District of India, with around 45 houses.

The village is noted for turning out to be Andhra Pradesh's first Chemical free since 2006 in terms of Agriculture and Farming. The initiative was spearheaded by one of the elderly, Mr. Ponnam Mallaiah and supported by quite a few organizations like Centre for Sustainable Agriculture in association with Centre for Rural Operations and Programmes Society (CROPS). Paddy, Vegetables, Maize, Corn, Chillies, etc are grown in this space.

Scientists from Directorate of Rice Research (DRR) visiting crop fields in Enabavi

This enabled the village to be completely debt free as there has been no need for synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. Subsequently there have been no Farmer suicides unlike earlier. Thus Enabavi can be called as a complete Organic Village. According to a CROPS volunteer who works from Jangaon, approx 70,000 to 80,000 people have visited this village in the past few years including a team from Satyamev Jayate (TV series).

Mr.Ponnam Malliah received two awards for leading the activity and making it successful. One from Ramdev Baba's Foundation and the other from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

References

• Enabavi farmers create history. Article dated Oct 12, 2006 in The Hindu. http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/12/stories/2006101212170400.htm
• Back to the roots. Article dated June 28, 2012 in The Hindu. http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article3580695.ece
• Debunking the organic myth. Article dated August 27, 2012 in the Deccan Chronicle http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/others/debunking-organic-myth-460