Demonstration Garden for Organic Agriculture and Seed Conservation at Kakojan College

Duration – 2015-17

This is an approach for organic farming promotion and programmes among the agrarian community and youth of NEADS local area implemented in a joint collaboration with Fertile Ground and Kakojan College, Jorhat. The demonstration garden was set up in the college compound. The aim of setting of the this initiative is for production of quality and safe agricultural products, which contain no chemical residues, following eco-friendly production methods and farming system that restore and maintain soil fertility and impart skills and knowledge on those to the community. Dr. Rupam Kumar Saikia, Director, College Development Council of Dibrugarh University formally inaugurated the project on 9th February, 2015. The demonstration garden and the resource centre was established where college students and farmers could learn about sustainable agricultural practices and where traditional knowledge and new ideas can be experimented with to test their efficiency. A production unit where biological compost, vermin compost and organic plant-based formulas could be produced is being developed in the centre.