{"id":79280,"date":"2025-12-23T14:26:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=79280"},"modified":"2025-12-23T14:27:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:57:24","slug":"kuttanad-wetland-agricultural-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kuttanad-wetland-agricultural-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuttanad Wetland Agricultural System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kuttanad Wetland Agricultural System Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the soil tests in Kuttanad paddy fields which are part of Kuttanad Wetland Agricultural System in Kerala showed increased level of aluminium concentrations in paddy fields.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kuttanad Wetland Agricultural System<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is unique and the only system in India that <\/span><b>favours rice cultivation below sea level<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kuttanad system is a <\/span><b>complex mosaic of fragmented agricultural landscapes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> divided in <\/span><b>three structures:<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wetlands used for paddy activities and fish catching,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garden lands used for coconut, tubers and food crops plantation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water areas used as inland fishing and shells<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Recognition:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Kuttanad Below Sea-level Farming System<\/span> <b>recognised under Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(GIAHS) of <\/span><b>Food And Agriculture Organisation.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Impact of Aluminium on soil and Plants<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aluminium <\/span><b>becomes more soluble and toxic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as soil pH drops below five.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excessive aluminium <\/span><b>damages the plant root system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>severely interferes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the absorption of essential nutrients such as phosphorus, calcium, potassium, and magnesium.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Key Facts about Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) is a <\/span><b>Food and Agriculture Organization\u2019s programme<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> launched at the World Summit for Sustainable Development in 2002.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is aiming to strike a balance between conservation, sustainable adaptation and socioeconomic development.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>India\u2019s GIAHS Include<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Koraput region (Odisha):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is renowned for its <\/span><b>subsistence paddy cultivation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, predominantly on highland slopes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Kuttanad system (Kerala):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a unique below-sea-level farming landscape.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Saffron Park of Kashmir:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It represents a rich agro-pastoral system characterized by <\/span><b>traditional saffron cultivation.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/soil-tests-in-kuttanad-paddy-fields-show-aluminium-levels-39-to-165-times-above-safe-limits\/article70422648.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuttanad Wetland Agricultural System is unique and the only system in India that favours rice cultivation below sea level. 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