Social Evangelism
Agro & Edu Tourism
Many farmers who
trained by model farm is doing well in agriculture. They are growing mogra,
green vegetables and the farms blooming agro business in nearby villages of
Wada.
Ananta Patil, the farmer
from Shilotar village is growing mogra and he earns twenty thousand each month.
‘’During festive season, I earned fifty thousand rupees from mogra farming,’’ he
said proudly
“In a recent month,
I sold green vegetables for 40000/- Rupees.’’
Vishnu Raikar said, in a Raikar pada, an adiwasi hamlet, village Sonale. The
farmers were unaware about soil testing and its benefits. Soil testing revealed soil deficits and water irrigation gave these farmers a new lease of life, and restored the land’s fertility. Now they are doing organic farming and their vegetable is sold in a local market.
The movement toward
local food is creating a vibrant new economic laboratory for agriculture. The
result, with its growing army of small-scale local farmers, is as much about producing
family income as reworking on models about how food gets sold and farmers get
financed. There is a one-guntha projects designed especially for small landholders;
family consumption. Five guntha projects
aim for family consumption and sale the farm produce like vegetables and fruits.
Fisheries, honeybees, rabbits rearing, water bund, rainwater harvesting, drip irrigation, waste water
management, soil testing are other programs.
Soil, land preparation is regular management practices carried out at
model farm. More than 20 varieties of
medicinal and spice plants are housed at model farm to teach its uses and
benefits
The cow dung,
poultry and goat droppings used as
vermi manure for farmland. The
farmers are encouraged to use the vermi manure in their farms. The grains, crops and other vegetables are
grown organically at model farm.
It is a safe and free from chemicals and also
keeps the land fertile which helps farmers curtail their expenses and protects
environment. Organic farming builds healthy soil, it helps combat erosion of
soil, organic farming fights the effects of Global Warming.
The ultimate goal is to create healthy and environmental
friendly agro practices for long-term effects in agriculture business. This will enrich farmer’s socio-economic
status.
According to research
conducted by the Office of Evaluation and Studies (OE), at the International
Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), small farmers in Latin America, China,
and India can benefit dramatically from organic farming and will help in reducing
poverty in these countries.
Agriculture provides employment to 48.9 percent
of the total workforce in India. Agro-base projects should be encouraged to
create livelihood
Schools are visiting
the model farm for learning agro base projects which is helpful to school
children for writing their extracurricular activities and projects. The
corporate employees volunteering for agro base social activities like tree
plantation.
In response to Swach Bharat mission Yuva Parivartan is constructing low cost toilets. As a corporate responsibility, employees are also volunteering to paint the village toilets from home and abroad.
In response to Swach Bharat mission Yuva Parivartan is constructing low cost toilets. As a corporate responsibility, employees are also volunteering to paint the village toilets from home and abroad.
After all, the
entire place is must visit not only to see the projects of the model farm but also
contribute to uplift the life of poor village farmers, women and youth to
support them towards a sustaining livelihood.
Samuel Navkar
Writer & Film Maker
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