The government has undertaken a State-wide evaluation of the greenhouse technology for protected cultivation of vegetables, under plans to identify and address the problems faced by pioneering farmers who had adopted hi-tech farming methods. The State Horticulture Mission – Kerala (SHM-K) has joined hands with Kerala Agricultural University and the State Remote Sensing Agency to carry out the evaluation. A special software supplied by the National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad, has been deployed to map the geographic location of each polyhouse and record data on crops, sowing, and harvesting. Read More
