: Planting different types of crops together to maintain ecological balance and naturally manage pests.

He advocated for a system where everything required for farming—seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides—is produced on the farm itself.

If you found this article helpful, share it with a farmer in Tamil Nadu. Let us digitize Nammalvar’s wisdom while keeping his feet on the ground. மண்ணை காப்பாற்று, மழையை காப்பாற்று. (Save the soil, save the rain.)