Teaching Sustainable Agriculture to Youth

We have organized a Pachaimalai Hill visit for observing the biodiversity for sustainable agriculture. 16 young talented & passionate students have been selected from the different Govt schools of Tiruchirapalli District. The objective of that visit was 

• To spread awareness about the importance of Natural resources & Preserving Forest cover for the sustainable agriculture
• To make them understand the diversified Bio-diversity and their roles in balancing the nature
• To make them understand bio-mimicry.
• To explore the Pachaimalai forest trekking to know the different species of trees, shrubs, medicinal plants, plants, grass & their bio-diversity system, where they are all supporting each other through their root system.
• To interact, learn and understand the traditional cultures and lifestyle of Pachaimalai hills.
• To provide a better platform to collaborate with other school students to improve their communication & leadership skills.

Our journey to Pachimalai Hill started from Govt Shayad Higher Secondary School, Trichy by Two traveler vans. During the travel, Mr.Silambarasan P (Program Manager) has done activities of getting to know each other, Trees Name, Food Chain activity, etc with the students. We reached Pachaialai Hill at around 1 pm, and had an open field discussion about the pachaimalai hill, Bio-diversity, Nature, etc in Forest Department office-Pachaimalai.

Students and faculties have done the lunch organized by VOICE Trust & Forest Department Official of Pachaimalai Hill. And after lunch, the students have taken Jackfruit & Mango saplings from the ground & prepared nursery pots to bring it to their natives for the plantation.

Then we reached Senbagam Nature Trekking Way, which was a dense forest to take trekking of 3 Km. Once we reached the entrance of the dense forest the cool and humid breeze started to blow. Many of us got excited to feel trekking for the first time. During the trekking, the Forest Guide (Mr. Mani-Tribal Community) explained the forest and the different species of trees, plants & shrubs. We have seen that there are more bamboo trees exist in that dense forest.

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