SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE :

The organization has undertaken 3 specific activities related to Natural Resources Management. Focus of these activities was to promote and support organic farming practices. Details are a under.

ECO-SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMME :

For promoting bio farming, this project was started in the year 2004. With a purpose to make this technique more popular and user friendly, in project villages, trainings, exhibitions and exposures were organized time to time. As an encouraging response to this effort, today more than 200 farmers have adopted bio farming technique. This program is being run with the support of IGSSS, New Delhi.

ORGANIC FARMING CAMPAIGN :

With the increased use of chemical fertilizers and chemical insecticide the ecological balance is being adversely affected. In response to this situation, in 15 villages a phased campaign was implemented for three months i.e. from January 2006 to March 2006. Village meetings, training camps, wall writing and fair for farmers were the important events of this campaign. This was executed with the help of UNIDO-Austria.

VERMIN COMPOST PROMOTION :

Organic manure is the main component of organic farming. To encourage farmers towards organic farming, 100 vermincompost pits were constructed for 50 farmers in 10 villages. This project was completed with the financial support of CAPART, Jaipur.

OUR VILLAGE OUR ENVIRONMENT :

In comparison of men women are mostly busy in domestic and occupational chores in their day to day life in rural area. Considering their active participation in agricultural activities the organization planned to work with these women and make them aware about environment conservation like plantation, preservation of local seeds. Community Aid Abroad has given financial support to our organization through DCNC Trust for this intervention.

DOCUMENTATION :

GvePS has also written a book titled ‘Jaivik Kheti Ki Or’ (Towards organic farming) with an objective to promote the concept and to develop an understanding about the same in young generation.

HORTICULTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME :

In order to encourage horticulture activities specific actions were taken. Initially, the activity is done with 10 farmers. Further to promote water saving irrigation practices, 10 farmers were monetarily supported to establish drip irrigation system. Support for this, was extended by the society for promotion of Wastelands Development (SPWD) through Swa Sahayog Sansthan, Sawai madhopur.

EXPOSURE FOR HORTICULTURE PROMOTION :

The exposure tour have been organised for 10 days for 30 farmers. They visited National Horticulture Board Gurgaon, Choudhary Charan Singh Agriculture University, Hissar - Hariyana, R.B. College, Agra and I CAR, New Delhi. The Purpose of the exposure tour was to build the capacity of farmers in the area of Bio technology and Horticulture.

DISTRICT LEVEL SEMINAR ON HORTICULTURE :

with an objective to awareness on Horticulture and related issues a seminar was organized in which 200 farmers participated. The event was organized in collaboration with National Horticulture Board - Gurgaon, Ministry of Agriculture - GOI