Regenerative Agriculture Development Campaign

UVS initiated this campaign to educate local farmers (in Washim Tehsil, Nagthana, Jambhrun and Panchala) in sustainable and low-budget agricultural practices. During campaigns organised by UVS, farmers received information on water conservation, crop rotation, intercropping, the selection of low water consuming crops, and aquaponics, so that they can learn to tackle the issue of water shortage and irrigation problems. Furthermore, they were given hands-on experience on water conservation practices. Field visits were arranged to demonstrate water harvesting techniques; and information was shared on the alternation of crop patterns and selection of low water consuming crops.  Farmers were encouraged to switch from chemical farming to organic farming. A total of 25 out of 100 participants adopted an organic way of farming in 20-30% of their total land and a total of 207 farmers in need took the benefit of our farming equipment to conduct their cultivation and harvesting. More than 100 farmers attended soil testing campaigns organized at Nagthana Village. Overall, we helped to minimize farming costs on chemical fertilizers and pesticides and considerably improved the odds of expenditure going towards a healthy food diet. In Washim, residential training sessions were provided under which 20 farmers were trained in sustainable agricultural practices such as composting and mulching, pest control, and water harvesting.