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THE SENTINEL DESK
Smita Addy
A correspondent
JORHAT, Jan 8: The Meleng Grant demo village selected by the Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI) at Lahdoigarh for its lab to land transfer of research and technology under the guidelines of the Indian Council of Forestry, Research and Education celebrated one year of economic development with a bounteous crops and a feeling of prosperity among the farmers.
The celebrations organized by the villagers themselves included the ceremonious welcome of RFRI Director Mr NK Vasu, Assistant Conservator of Forests Gunin Saikia and District Forest Officer RK Das with traditional Bihu song and dance as well as a procession with colourful flags.
The farmers had greatly benefited from intercropping of patchouli with areca nut trees, vermicomposting, the technology for propagation of bamboo from nodes, bamboo treatment, etc.
Coordinator of the project Pawan I Kaushik pointed out the large fields of different vegetables which were showing luxuriant growth due to organic manure and vermicompost bedwash as well as plantations of fast-growing Australian teak (acacia Mangium) which attains a height of 12 feet and collar girth of 12 cm in 6 months and requires 7-8 years for full growth.
The villagers had also lined up bottles of bedwash and bags of vermicomposting to be sold.
Mr Aminul Islam Bakshi, owner of an aromatic oil industry at Nagaon while encouraging the farmers to take up patchouli plantations on a large scale also assured them of buying their produce when harvested.
Patchouli leaves can be harvested in four months and the oil extracted from it is used in the aromatics industry as well as for medicinal purpose.
The villagers had not only planted patchouli but had also taken up the planting of aloe vera used extensively in the cosmetics industry and citronella.
Mr NK Vasu while inspecting the progress of the village also did Vriksh Shewa by manuring with vermicompost and applying bedwash to mango trees he had planted on September 5 last year in a symbolic message that RFRI would continue to take care of and support Meleng Grant even after the project duration was over.
Training was also given to the farmers in participatory research and analysis and microplanning for both the staff and village participants.
“The purpose is to develop their skills and attitude essential for micro-planning process. We are also stressing on participatory research and analysis related to their resources and their status with time trend, preferences, problems, wealth status, seasonal calendars, local research priority, etc.” Mr Kaushik said.
In this regard center had been created for display of photographs, charts and newspaper cut outs.
The RFRI is further conducting another experiment, which proposes the preparation of a biopesticide.
Four tanks have been filled with cow dung, urine and different kinds of vegetation, which are known to be toxic.
“After they are decomposed they will be applied to plants and we will try to find out which is the most effective biopesticde,” Mr Kaushik said.
Trinayan Unnayan Committee president Jibon Bora nad member Dilip Hazarika presented the annual report on the occasion.
Villagers from nearby villages like Boloma, Phesual, Lachpur, Karigaon and Gazpuriawho had been invited showed a keen interest in replicating the means and methods of production applied here.
The Meleng Grant comprises three hamlets (Trinayan) namely Bhogpur, Govindpur and Madhupur and consists of 220 households.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Technolgy Transfer and Demonstration in the Demo Village by People's Participation
Raising Patchouli in Kisaan Nursery
Teatment of culm cuttings before planting
(Capacity building and skill development)
Planting culm cuttings in Bamboo nursery - Training.
Transfer of technologies on Patchouli based Agroforetsry Models
Liasion Meeting with the local entrepreneure.
On-site training on Patchouli cultivation & management
One of the Kisan Nurseries of patchouli in the village
Generating income by selling patchouli plants
Activities on Transfer of Vermicomposting Techniques
Participation in planning and execution
Newly constructed Vermicompost Units
Vermicomposting under process
Low - cost Unit jointly designed and developed by RFRI and the Villagers
(Approx. cost Rs. 1000/- including cost of shade and poly sheet to put inside)
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090602/jsp/northeast/story_11030293.jsp
Gibbon neighbours reap demo benefits
TINKLE ROY
The Telegraph
Jorhat
June 1: A little village at the edge of Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary is being spruced up to become the one-stop destination for rain forest experiments and demonstrations. When the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education decided to pick a demonstration village in Jorhat for its experiments, an extensive survey was conducted to choose the most suitable spot. After scouring through Jorhat, officials zeroed in on Meleng Grant to become the demonstration village for the Rain Forest Research Institute. Comprising three hamlets — Bhogpur, Madhupur and Govindpur — Meleng Grant has 220 households in all. The director of Rain Forest Research Institute, Niranjan K. Vasu, said since Meleng Grant is near the the Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, it will be a potential platform with a variety of “target” audience for the demonstration. “Demonstration of forest technologies at Meleng Grant will provide a great opportunity to publicise our work to local, national and international visitors. Many will come to know about our research while travelling to the sanctuary,” Vasu said. Scientist Pawan K. Kaushik, who is the co-ordinator of the “demonstration village programme”, said a course has been suitably designed so that villagers can participate in the programmes. “The villagers are being trained in different aspects of field work so that they can lend a helping hand to the research programme,” Kaushik said. So far, villagers have been trained in micro planning, raising bamboo nursery and vermicomposting. The prime aim of the programme is sustainable development of the rural population through forest research. As part of the plan, two patchouli nurseries, two bamboo treatment tanks and nurseries have been set up. Twenty-two vermicompost units have also been constructed and villagers have been trained to produce vermicompost themselves. A mechanism has been put in place to monitor the entire mechanism. A local technology transfer monitoring committee, named Trinayan Unnayanmukh Committee, involving officials of the research centre and villagers, was formed to record feedback and file data. The members of the committee have also decided to contribute five per cent of the income to the committee’s account, which will be saved with the State Bank of India and the Union Bank. Once the village is ready for demonstration, it is expected to generate much more than mere interest.
Extension of Patchouli based Agroforestry Models in RFRI Demo Village
(http://www.sentinelassam.com/state.php?sec=2&subsec=2&ppr=1&dtP=2009-08-11)
Training of farmers by RFRI
SENTINEL
:From a Correspondent
JORHAT, Aug 10: The Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI) after initiating the farmers into ways and means of laying nurseries of bamboo, patchouli and training them into making vermi-composting units as an advantageous form of fertilization, is now aiming to sustain production by finding a commercial market for the produce. The RFRI, which has adopted the Meleng Grant village here as its demo village for transfer of research from lab to land recently acted as a liaising agent between entrepreneur Ranjit Bora of Kaliabor Tiniali and the villagers for selling dried patchouli leaves at a viable price. Pawan Kaushik, RFRI scientist and co-ordinator of the demo village said that the work of RFRI did not end with just training the farmers on different and better methods of raising crops but also in working out the economics that the farmers are benefited by being able to market their produce at a higher price.
“The farmers have started supplying and selling patchouli plants to the NGOs based in New Delhi and other progressive farmers in Asom”, Kaushik said. “The idea of planting patchouli is new to farmers and therefore it is imperative that they know the commercial value of the plant. RFRI is there acting as an intermediary between entrepreneurs and the villagers to that effect”, he said. Patchouli oil is used as a herbal medicine for treatment of skin diseases and as an aromatic oil in perfumes besides foods and beverages. “The villagers were trained on inter-cropping of patchouli with betelnut trees based on a model developed at RFRI. The cool shade of the betelnut trees help in better growth of the patchouli bushes and use of fertilizer and water becomes less”, Kaushik said. The trees were planted in April and the leaves had become ready for harvesting now. The entrepreneur Bora assured the farmers of buying the leaves if sufficient quantity was produced to fill a mini-truck. Earlier RFRI had organized an entrepreneurs’ meet so that farmers could find a market for the edible shoot of bamboo (khorisa) at Karbi Anglong.
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