Waiting for Monsoon

Let it give life and bring life to us .A view of Vamanapuram River one of the Rivers in Trivandrum District of Kerala, which has not died so far.

GOOD BYE GM SEEDS

Mr. Abu Bakkar Kunnju of Pullampara panchayat of Trivandurm District in Kerala is a successful farmer. He finds earnings for his livelihood from Vegetable cultivation and Banana cultivation to a limited extend. He has two daughters and a son. . His children and his wife help him in farming operations from dawn to desk. With the earnings from this vegetable cultivation alone he could carry out the marriage of his daughters. According to him Cowpea and Snake guard cultivation pay rich dividend to him. Out of the One acre land, which he leased, is used for this cultivation. He uses his own seeds from his crops for generations of Cowpea and Snake gourd, witch fetches a good market prices to him .If genetically modified seeds are used in adjoining area what could be his fate? Do you believe that the quality of his seed looses through generations? Misery and agony may be waiting for him? Answer is NO, as Cowpea is generally a self-pollinated crop, which pollinates by its own pollen.