Support Small Farmers in India

Dear Friends,

Many thanks for supporting this project and ensuring food security for tribal farmers of our region.

Seva Mandir's Food Security Program includes a range of activities designed to help people in improving their crop production. This is done by strengthening local community seed banks, increase horticulture, improve livestock health, and promote organic farming.

With your support: 

• 340 farmers were selected to plant fruit trees following the Wadi (orchard) model in the third batch, compared with 300 and 360 farmers respectively in the first and second batches. The Wadi model includes plantation of 40 saplings of fruit trees (mango, lemon, pomegranate and aonla) and 120 saplings of forestry trees.

• Soil and water conservation and water resource development activities were conducted with 179 farmers.

• Farmers were encouraged to grow seasonal crops and vegetables, which enabled them to produce food and cash crops. Wadi farmers who grew vegetables and other cash crops as intercrops earned between Rs 3,000 and 7,000 by selling their vegetables in the market.

•  A few farmers cultivated organic wheat. They sold their produce for Rs 20/kg compared with the market rate of Rs 16/kg for conventionally produced wheat.

• 15 Community Seed Banks (CSBs) were maintained in Jhadol and Girwa blocks.

Thank you so much friends for your continuous help and support to our food security program. Your help really means a lot to us.

I will be writing again very soon.

Regards

Atul Lekhra 

Links:

• Seva Mandir's Website
• Seva Mandir's Facebook Page