Post Aila Land Reclamation and Sustainable Organic Agriculture Pilot Project

Post Aila land reclamation and sustainable organic agriculture pilot project out comes are fantastic. When large swathes of agricultural land was submerged in saline water raising fears that cultivation could not be resumed for several years. AID Saathi Revathi, an organic farmer, who had experience in land reclamation after Tsunami worked with Mukti to train farmers in inexpensive organic methods to reclaim land for cultivation. Not only was land reclaimed, the yield of rice was better than conventional farming by the end of November.

Read the interim report here..

Since food supply became uncertain, expensive and non-varied, Mukti partnered with AID and Development Research Communication & Service Centre (DRCSC), that works on food and livelihood securities of the rural poor, to train families in raising organic kitchen gardens quickly to supplement and enrich their nutritional intake. Even landless families could raise gardens in broken pots, jute bags and bamboo baskets. The simple yet effective techniques have started spreading on their own.