Hostel facilities that can accommodate about 30 farmers are also available in the KVK premises . A novel experiment has also been undertaken with high density plantation, multi-stored cropping and high tech floriculture, use of biotech techniques for pest management, vermiculture biotechnology and modern nursery with various shed net houses to meet the training need of farmers and to supply the required planting material to them.
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He later pioneered an Eco-Village Programme in the Mannanan Village of the Kottayam district of Kerala wherein the family clusters were encouraged to pursue activities such as organic farming, soil and water conservation through traditional methods, floriculture, horticulture, vermiculture, generation of energy from non-conventional source, homestead forestry, etc ., with institutional support, governmental assistance and financial support from different agencies.
