Traditional Pokkali Farm Ownership and Area Mapping
Agriculture Officers to (a) immediately contact all fallow farm owners and facilitate leasing of their farms to other willing genuine farmers for Pokkali Farming from 14-Apr to 14-Nov under mutually beneficial lease terms (b) create publicly accessible online maps and records of all active and fallow Pokkali farms with respective farm area ownership, contact and cultivation history details. These maps are currently non-existent or incomplete and adversely impact Pokkali Farming revival.
Only handful of starred farms in the map below are being cultivated through to harvesting each year in Ezhikkara. Over 95% of farms are intentionally left fallow by farm owners and their leased Prawn Farmers (Kettukarans) with namesake sham cultivation citing misleading reasona and photos to claim crop loss to collect free government subsidies and stay compliant for continued Prawn farming.
Yellow markers reflect Center Padasekharam Farms and Blue markers reflect South Padasekharam Farms in Ezhikkara. Red markers are 2026 harvested farms.
Only handful of starred farms in the map below are being cultivated through to harvesting each year in Ezhikkara. Over 95% of farms are intentionally left fallow by farm owners and their leased Prawn Farmers (Kettukarans) with namesake sham cultivation citing misleading reasona and photos to claim crop loss to collect free government subsidies and stay compliant for continued Prawn farming.
Yellow markers reflect Center Padasekharam Farms and Blue markers reflect South Padasekharam Farms in Ezhikkara. Red markers are 2026 harvested farms.
Ezhikkara Pokkali Farms 2026 - Central and South Padasekharams (Clusters)
Red: Traditional Heirloom Seeds | Grey: Hybrid Seeds | LimeGreen: Central Padasekharam Farms | Blue: South Padasekharam Farms
Ezhikkara Pokkali Farms 2025 - Central and South Padasekharams (Clusters)
Red: Traditional Heirloom Seeds | Grey: Hybrid Seeds | LimeGreen: Central Padasekharam Farms | Blue: South Padasekharam Farms