Enabavi
Enabavi is a small village, 10 km 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 organic village 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 the "Centre for Sustainable Agriculture" in association with the "Centre for Rural Operations and Programmes Society" (CROPS). Paddy, vegetables, maize, corn, chillies, etc., are grown in this space.
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 Mallaiah received two awards for leading the activity and making it successful. One from Ramdev Baba's Foundation and the other from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
References
External links
- Enabavi farmers create history. Article dated Oct 12, 2006 in The Hindu.
- Back to the roots. Article dated June 28, 2012 in The Hindu
- Debunking the organic myth. Article dated August 27, 2012 in the Deccan Chronicle
- Organic Cultivation and Non-Pesticidal Management at Yaenabaavi, Andhra Pradesh, India: 1. The Story of the Farmers
- Non Pesticidal Management – An alternative to Endosulfan in a large scale success story from Enabavi, Andhrapradesh (India) (PDF)
- Does Endosulfan have an ALTERNATIVE? (PDF)