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Project Description
The condition of our natural environment directly affects our health and well being. Environmental protection has been recognized worldwide as a crucial priority for our sustainability on the planet, and is becoming a priority for the people of Southern India. Pollution of the natural environment and of our bodies can be controlled by adopting organic farming practices to recultivate the soils health and reduce the amount of pollutants being added to the natural environment and ourselves. The Organic Farming project aims at teaching environmentally friendly practices to the farmers in Pallapatti and Thailanur.
Rice paddies in Salem district B.S.C. staff member teaching organic farming techniques In each village, twelve meetings are conducted each year to promote organic farming. The project is partnered with LEISA, which financially supports one CST staff member to provide technical project knowledge directly to the farmers. Twenty farmers, selected by CST, are motivated by the staff member in organic manure and herbal ticoction use instead of chemical fertilizer use.
The chart below represents the characteristics of the members involved in AGROFEM:
Village
Members of group
Gender
Pallipatty
20
Male
Female
14
21
Thailanur
15
"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." --Winston Churchill