The students of Chembuchira Government Higher Secondary School are striving to set a model for others to follow.
The students have taken up some farming activities and are growing paddy in a purely organic way. This is the fourth consecutive year that the students of the school have taken up organic farming.
Every year after the harvest, the rice is marketed under the brand, ‘Chembuchira Matta’. The rice is much in demand as it is free of pesticides and cultivated purely on organic basis.
This year’s farming activities were inaugurated by environmentalist K. Mohandas. Assistant agricultural officer T. Nandakumar was felicitated on the occasion.
Organic farming cordinator A.T. Jose spoke on the Subhash Palekar method of cultivation and the relevance of preserving nature. The programme was arranged by the nature club of the school.
