This Is How A Bunch Of Students Are Aiming To Achieve Zero-Hunger

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[{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1490092738885","data":"On Sunday, i.e. March 19, a bunch of students armed with bags of vegetable seeds and knowledge and a zeal to make a difference in the lives of the people at Chinna Golkonda, a village about 35 kilometers from the city; held a day long awareness program for some 1000 plus people in that village.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1490094257638","data":"58d108fc2411a"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1490094142011","data":"As per their project report, the team from Hyderabad Youth Assembly, had found out that the farming community in that village had no idea about new techniques of farming but they were extremely enthusiastic about them. And that, is the reason why they held this event where they spread awareness on concepts of kitchen gardening. \"Of UN's sustainable goals this year, Zero Hunger is what we took up and we realised that most of the people here are either paddy farmers or are daily wage workers, with no idea of kitchen farming.\" explains Madhuchandra, a 2nd year BTech student from SNIST, who was a part of this group. \"Having a kitchen garden is extra beneficial for them, as it is a very economic alternative towards buying vegetables, considering the fact that most of them are daily wage workers,\" he adds.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1490094450978","data":"58d109c467fcb"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1490094140297","data":"\"We took help from the Department of Horticulture, who gave us a lot of info about kitchen gardening and also gave us packets of seeds to distribute amongst the villagers,\" he says. The group then went to each household in the village and explained various methods of growing their own vegetables, in addition to explaining the nutritive value of the vegetables that they were going to grow and the precautions to be taken while tending to the plants. <\/p>While explaining the benefits of having a kitchen garden, they also explained and created awareness of techniques such as roof-top farming. \"We also explained how waste materials like plastic bottles to use them as pots. We used a lot of visual aids and then we gave each household a packet of seeds,\" shares Madhu.<\/p>"},{"type":"img","id":"img-uid-1490094464290","data":"58d109ce3cd1c"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1490094138790","data":"Each of these packets has seeds of four vegetables: tomato, brinjal and two green, leafy vegetables. ach packet consisted of four types of seeds: tomato seeds, brinjal seeds and seeds of two different varieties of green and leafy vegetables.<\/p>They did all this within a budget of just Rs. 9400. Instances like this show time and again about the kind of capabilities students have, once they decide to do something.<\/p>"},{"type":"txt","id":"rich_1490094188118","data":"stuMagz wishes them the best and hopes to see more students take up such activities to make this world a better place. <\/p>"}]

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