Promotion of Food Security & Organic Farming among Hostel Children

Project orientation to Hostel authorities
Project orientation
Staff orientation
Hostel level awareness on Food Security and Organic Farming
Staff orientation
Hostel level awareness on Food Security and Organic Farming
Staff capacitation
Staff capacitation
Staff orientation
Staff orienation
Hostel level awareness on Food Security and Organic Farming
Hostel level awareness on Food Security and Organic Farming
Hostel level awareness on Food Security and Organic Farming
Orientation for Hostel Wardens and Farm Support Staff on the process of collecting soil to conduct soil health analysis.....
Dr. D.N Dutta, Consultant (Agri.) facilitating a session on importance of organic farming to the Hostel wardens, Farm Support Staff, during the Project orientation Programme
Project orientation programme organsied at Pastoral Center, Rangiya
Hostel children in the vegetable garden
Monitoring visit by the Agriculture Expert and Director to the target hostels. Visit to the vegetable garen
Distribution of the leaflet on organic farming methods and techniques to the targeted hostel children. The Coordinator explains to the children....
Hostel children at work in the vegetable garden
The fruit of the labour.
The hostel children with the vegetables in the garden
The field worker in the vegetable garden
The training to prepare organic pesticides to the target hostel children
Hostel level training on organic farming for the inmates
Exposure visit to the local organic farms by the targeted hostel children
Exposure visit to the local organic farms by the targeted hostel children
Vegetables produced in the garden
The vegetables are growing .........
Distribution of vegetable seeds .......
Distribution of Fruit Tress saplings to the targeted hostels
Distribution of Fruit Tree saplings to the hostels

GGSS with the support of Kindermissionswerk, Germany has initiated a two years Pilot project on Promotion of Food Security and organic farming among hostel children of the selected 12 schools under the Archdiocese of Guwahati. Goal of the Project:To ensure food safety and sufficiency of the school children of 12 hostels under the Archdiocese of Guwahati by the end of the project Objectives: -To reduce the dependence on external markets for vegetables and fruits needed for daily consumption of the hostel inmates -To impart the skills oriented trainings to the targeted school children on various sustainable agriculture and other allied skills -To equip the target children with the knowledge and skill in organic farming, and in making bio-pesticides, inputs etc. -To enhance knowledge of the target groups on improvement of soil fertility and land productivity -To reduce the dependence for most of the inputs like seeds, manures and plant protection material by sourcing local resources there by reducing the cost of cultivation -To Improve income through production of quality produce and by reducing the purchase cost of vegetables and fruits from external markets Activity Highlights: + Hostel level awareness workshops on promotion of organic farming + Capacity Building training for the field staff + Hostel level training cum demonstrations on organic farming + Farm record distribution and familiarization + Distribution of IEC materials (Posters, Farm calendar & Farm dairy) + Distribution of prizes for best 3 farms every year + Interface meeting with local organic farmers for experience sharing + Exposure trip to local organic farms in 1st year + Developing organic farms of 2 acres in 12 target hostels + Distribution of seeds and seedlings of vegetables and fruits to every target hostel