Training on #HighValueAgriculture for VOs Representatives @bread4theworld

23-25 October 2019, Hazaribag: Under the program of Support to Small Initiatives with help of Bread for the World, Germany, three days training camp upon High Value Agriculture was organized  for VOs from Jharkhand & Bihar.

This aimed to introduce innovative farming towards food security in the areas where these small voluntary organizations work. In presence of Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK), Mr. Mukul Tiru (a lakhpati farmer with NBJK Khunti intervention) has oriented the trainees to prepare plants systematically as in a nursery. He made them to sow around 8000 seeds of capsicum, cauliflower, tomato, papaya by using coco-pit, pro-tray & organic fertilizer. Next day the participants have been introduced to package of practices to grow watermelon, tomato, cabbage with help of video clips. Also they learnt to make & use organic compost, pesticide, Azolla pit etc. On 25th October, the trainees went for exposure and visited some progressive farmers’ crops of chilli, tomato & cabbage at Sila, Birhu, Ichak villages in Chatra district. These farmers are promoted by Lok Prerna Kendra, Simariya (Chatra), a network VO. Also a meeting was organized with the farmers at Ichak Panchayat Bhawan.

The training was participated by 27 VOs representatives from Ranchi, Dhanbad, Koderma, Chatra, Bokaro, Muzaffarpur, Motihari, Chhapra, Nawada, Nalanda, Gaya districts. Mr. Rajeev Singh, Mr. Abhay Kumar and Ms Nikky Soren (all NBJK) have organized the event.