Students of Government Vocational Higher Secondary School (GVHSS), Valappad, are on a mission to learn basics of paddy farming.
Under the leadership of Thrissur chapter of Green Community, a ‘Krishi Kalari’ (agriculture training) was held at the paddy fields of Kottanellur in Velukkara Panchayat.
Green Community is a common platform for nature lovers and organisations focusing on environmental protection and sustainable development.
NSS volunteers of the GVHSS, Valappad, actively participated in the ‘Kalari’, in which they got a first-hand experience on organic paddy farming.
The objective of the programme was to develop an aptitude for farming among children and to make them understand the nuances of cultivation, according to K.M. Andrews, trainer of the ‘Krishi Kalari’. With the support of the Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana volunteers students learned how to plant paddy seedlings.
Joint Block Development Officer Thambi explained them the importance of organic farming and health benefits of chemical-free organic food.
The paddy fields at Kottanellur had been kept barren for a long time. Antony Joseph and Varghese Joseph, the owners of paddy fields, expressed all support to the students’ initiative to do organic farming in the fields.
Source : The Hindu
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