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Intro: tobacco growers in Karnataka are gradually shifting to use organic manure to produce less harmful tobacco.
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the increase in demand for harmless tobacco and the challenges in global market has gained momentum towards organic farming.
The farmers with the assistance of the Central Tobacco Research Institute and the Research Station in Hunsur, have initiated trials on use of organic composite to see that chemical fertilisers can be reduced to produce much harmless tobacco apart from maintaining the fertility of the soil.
Experts at the research station claim that tobacco grown in Karnataka is of high demand in other countries as it has high organic content and the tobacco specific nitrosamines (TSNA) in the plant genus, which causes diseases like cancer is less than detectable level. . . .
Fresh mud like filter press alternatives with high organic content and vermi compost. The joint action committee comprising members from CTRI, and ITC, have sanctioned 250 units to encourage farmers to use vermi compost.
Umashanker, a farmer, said that they have started using organic manure reducing the use of inorganic nitrogenous fertilisers.
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