Eco-Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Farming in Rural Areas

Eco-Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Farming in Rural Areas

Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Farming

Some of the developments in modern agriculture in the last century led to use of a lot of external chemical resources to increase yield productivity that has created an increasing negative impact on the environment creating threats to other species, environmental pollution, habitat destruction and risks to human health and welfare. Eco-Sustainable agriculture and organic farming / bio-dynamic farming etc are seen as sustainable, environmental sensitive, resource-conserving, economically viable and socially supportive, commercially competitive, approaches in the long-term.

EduCARE India interns, volunteers, staff and resource persons in an organic and precision farming workshop at an Agriculture Research Centre
EduCARE India interns, volunteers, staff and resource persons in an organic and precision farming workshop at an Agriculture Research Centre

Eco-Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Farming initiative aims to provide an opportunity for maximising sustainable living for rural families where it is not being practiced. The team members develop kitchen gardens and organic composting structures, give advice and help where needed, and alternatively spending time in residential community visiting other rural families and sharing farming techniques and organic methods

Currently, we have two small farming plots for small-scale cultivation, fruit tree plantations and herb gardens. In addition to these farms, we also have gardens to be maintained at our volunteer houses. Many have been started, and some have yet to be initiated, which is a great opportunity for future volunteer-interns to start from scratch!

International volunteers for NGO Volunteer and interns participating in building raised soil beds for vegetable farming
International volunteers for NGO Volunteer and interns participating in building raised soil beds for vegetable farming

The Eco-Sustainable Agriculture and Organic Farming projects also focuses on many aspects of small-scale organic farming. Some of these focus areas are: vertical gardening, house/kitchen gardens, herbal and floral cultivation, organic seed creation and storage, mushroom cultivation and organic composting and fertilizer production.

team members and volunteer - interns for organic farming / sustainable agriculture late evening permaculture farming activity in a bio-dynamic farm plot
late evening permaculture farming activity in a bio-dynamic farm plot

The organic farming work is a combination of hands- on farm work, research, and community outreach and supporting functional model of sustainable, healthy, and profitable food production.