By Jecintha | Managing Trustee
On February 3, 2015 VOICE Team made a day long presentation to Young Girls and Boys doing Teacher Training studies at Sri Raja Rajeswari College of Education at Sirugnaur. 66 Youth participated. Power Point Presentation was given on the importance of agriculture and how interest in agriculture is going down and why youth should take up initatives to learn techniques and technologies about ecological farming for saving agriculture which is the life line of all in society.
The Youth were taken round to the nursery garden and different species of trees and plants were shown to them. The ecological benefits and economic returns were explained to them in detail. Many Youth asked for clarifications about sylviculture. They were particularly interested about marketing timber. VOICE Team accepted their wish to market but insisted upon the need to grow trees and plants for enhancing ecological biodiversity which serves as a natural support in pest control through a healthy pest - predator balance.
The vermi compost pits were shown to them and method of vermi culture was explained in detail. The need for recycling farm wastes not only leads to economic gains but also serves as an ecological source of nurient manures. The system with bricks inside the vermi compost pit was accepted as the better option for movement of earth worms.
Shameera Begum has invited VOICE Team to guide her and her family to continue agriculture in 1.5 acre at Pullambadi.
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