Karnataka Farmers Urged to Embrace Organic Millets to Combat Lifestyle Diseases, Restore Lakes
मुख्य बातें
- •Khadar Vali, a millet advocate, urged farmers to adopt organic farming and millet-based diets to combat lifestyle diseases like diabetes and hypertension.
- •He called for farmers to set aside 10% of their land for organic vegetables and tubers and to avoid corporate dependency in agriculture.
- •Kurubur Shanthakumar highlighted Karnataka’s 41,000 lakes, including 3,000 in Mysuru, and stressed their revival for ecological balance and water security.
- •The event emphasised the link between chemical farming, poor diet, and rising disease rates, advocating for sustainable practices and direct farmer-to-consumer markets.
Mysuru, June 2, 2026 — Prominent millet advocate Khadar Vali has called on farmers to lead the transformation toward a healthier India by embracing organic and traditional farming systems, warning that corporate-driven agriculture is fuelling a surge in lifestyle diseases like diabetes and hypertension. Speaking at the ‘Environment and Health Chintan Manthan’ event in Mysuru, organised by the Federation of Farmers’ Organisations and the State Sugarcane Growers’ Association as part of World Environment Day celebrations, Vali asserted that farmers—not doctors or hospitals—hold the key to building a disease-free society through the food they grow.
