VILLAGE COMMUNITY PROJECTS
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES

Farming in the Maksudpur region was a zero energy operation run on centuries old principles of agriculture and watershed management. In the past few decades the government sponsored drive for ‘High Yield’ using ‘Modern Scientific Techniques’ has been devastating for biodiversity and the ecology.

There has been an effort by the Maksudpur Trust to revive some old, fast disappearing traditional agricultural practices. Traditional varieties are grown in rotation to give the soil time to recuperate; organic pesticides and manure are sourced from the organic dairy and produce is processed using chemical free methods.

To augment the primary education of the government run village school, MIRENS (a public benefit trust of Maksudpur) runs a non-formal learning center. The center’s schedule does not clash with timings of the local school, thus enabling children to be part of both.

The main focus of the teachers at the center is to bring school dropouts back to the classroom, and to provide extra tuition to meritorious students who can’t afford private tutors.