WORKSHOPS
All over the year workshops and training for farmers and other participants are conducted at Kalasan Nursery Farm. These events provide both theoretical and practical learning with the help of videos, presentations, guest lectures and field visits.
Gram Disha SHG supported by Gram Disha Trust conducted a field training and demonstration at its location on Organic Ginger cultivation. A field school with master ginger grower and trainer Sh. Chandra Mohan Sharma was conducted over 23rd and 24th April 2019 and field plot was also sown for followup by the group. A report on the study is found below.
Gram Disha Self Help Group supported by Gram Disha Trust and Kalasan Nursery Farm in developing a model block of apple cultivation techniques with agroecological practices (such as ZBNF and other organic techniques). A Farmer Field School on this was held in January 2019. A report of the techniques is found below.
GRAM DISHA TRUST along with the Regional Council – “Organic Way of Life” provided “PGS (Participatory Guarantee System Of India) Training” to a delegation from NEPAL who visited Himachal from 6-7 Dec’18 for the same.
Muskaan Jaivik SHG (Founded by Trustees of Gram Disha Trust) is partnering with Human Development Society and Kalasan Nursery Farm to conduct a one and half day workshop in Village Baag, VPO Pangna, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh on 24th and 25th March 2018.
Himalayan Folk Rice Varieties and landraces, SRI with Millet Intercropping, Seed Identification, Isolation and Multiplication, Biomass management, Hill Cultivation and land craft, Irrigation Management, Hand held tools, Medicinal varieties, Post harvest management and marketing