The next steps in Magadi

Next Steps in Magadi

a) On a parallel front, many farmers were interested in doing this in their plots and approached us. We are trying to evolve a Neighbourhood Unit of 25 Acres taken from 13 farmers. The rough break up of the area would be 15 acres of cereals (ragi/ Rice etc., ), 7.5 acres would be pulses and green manure, 2.5 acres would be pure vegetable plots with 0.5 acres of the vegetable plots as entitlement to the landless labourers

b) 20 landless labourers are being identified now who would be working on these 25 acres. Training would be given to these labourers on sustainable agri methods

c) A collective is going to be formed with an agreement for profit sharing between the farmers and the labourers. The only condition to the farmers is that they should do sustainable agriculture and for the labourers to be with the collective in a stable fashion and not run away if some mason was to call them for some work in Bangalore

d) This year we are also planning to include Katanpalya into the 25 acre neighbourhood unit ( some 5 acres from here) so that the work that has been done till now can be continued

e) Methods are being involved to harvest and harness water using the various watershed techniques. This water is to provide for the protective irrigation