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Nilgiris Farmers Welcome Organic Farming, Millet Schemes in TN Budget
The state government of Tamil Nadu in India made a big plan called a budget to help farmers.
A budget is a list of how the government plans to spend its money.
This new plan has extra help for farmers who live in the hills of the Nilgiris.
The government will help them farm without harmful chemicals, which is called organic farming.
It will also help them grow small grains called millets, like little millet and foxtail millet.
Farmers in the hills had a problem with wild boars eating their crops, and the plan helps with that too.
The plan will help tribal families raise traditional cattle like the Toda buffalo.
Farmers' leaders said they are happy with the plan.
They also hope the government helps them sell their farm products for good prices.
Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister R. Vinoth presented the state's agriculture budget 2026-27 on Thursday.
The budget includes schemes promoting organic farming, such as vermicompost units and organic certification processes.
A Tamil Nadu minor millet mission will encourage cultivation of little millet, foxtail millet and kodo millet.
New schemes address wild boar damage prevention, new fruit varieties at the Coonoor pomological station, medicinal herbs, and an agricultural technology research station in Ooty.
Toda tribal leader K.M. Alwas praised schemes to revive traditional cattle breeds including Toda buffaloes and to distribute silver oak saplings for tribal lands.
- Who
- Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister R. Vinoth presented the budget; reactions came from Manjai V. Mohan of the Nilgiris Ari Gowder Farmers Association and K.M. Alwas of the Nilgiris Adivasi Welfare Association.
- What
- The Tamil Nadu agriculture budget 2026-27, with schemes benefiting Nilgiris hill farmers including organic farming support, a minor millet mission, wild boar damage prevention, and revival of traditional cattle breeds.
- Where
- Tamil Nadu, with schemes targeting the Nilgiris, including Ooty and Coonoor.
- When
- Thursday, when the agriculture budget 2026-27 was presented.
- Why
- To encourage organic and millet farming, resolve wild boar-farmer conflict, improve marketing of Nilgiri produce, and support tribal livelihoods and traditional cattle rearing.
Key facts
- Budget
- Tamil Nadu agriculture budget 2026-27
- Presented by
- Agriculture Minister R. Vinoth
- Target region
- Nilgiris hill farmers and tribal communities
- Millet mission
- Little millet, foxtail millet and kodo millet
- Organic farming support
- Vermicompost units and organic certification process
- Cattle breed revival
- Includes Toda buffaloes
- Research facilities
- Agricultural technology research station in Ooty; new fruit varieties at Coonoor pomological station
Quotes
Manjai V. Mohan
President of the Nilgiris Ari Gowder Farmers Association
“Likewise, the Tamil Nadu minor millet mission to encourage cultivation of millets such as little millet, foxtail millet and kodo millet will help the hill farmers revert to millet cultivation in a big way.”
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“The scheme announced for revival of traditional cattle breeds that includes Toda buffaloes, is really a laudable scheme.”
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