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| Home Gardening Programmes at Madobe and Siyabalewa Grama Niladhari Divisions |
The
Climate Smart Irrigated Agriculture Project (CSIAP)’s Home Gardening Programme
ensures to some extent the stability of household food security at the village
level. The CSIAP’s study of home gardens in its project area revealed that home
gardening families spend less on food than non-gardening families, while home
gardening families who plant a larger number of varieties of fruits and
vegetables spend even less spending on their food purchasing. Therefore, the
Deputy Project Director’s Office of the CSIAP in North Western Province
is promoting Emergency Home Gardening Programmes throughout the province.
Two more promotional programmes were conducted at Madadobe Welfare
Association Building and Siyabalewa Society Building in the Galgamuwa ASC
Division last week. Mrs. Champika Abeywradena, Gender Development Officer, CSIAP-NWP,
explained the importance of commencing Home Gardening, how to implement it in
the village and the support that could be provided by the CSIAP.
Mr.
N. P. S. R. Dharmathilaka, Grama Niladhari, Mr. H. M. A. B. Herath, Economic
Development Officer in Madadobe with 85 farmers, Mrs. E. J. M. V. P. K.
Jayasundara, Grama Niladhari, Siyabalewa with 50 farmers and the CSIAP Staff attended both
programmes. Please click Madadobe and Siyabalewa to see more photos of the both events.
Story
and Photographs by Chamara Basnayake (Agriculture Facilitator),
Rajanganaya ASC, NWP
