Agri Nutri Garden Project Launched in Ernakulam

The Chittattukara panchayat in Ernakulam district's Paravur block and the Kudumbashree Mission have partnered to start the Agri Nutri Garden project. According to P.P. Aroosh, vice president of the panchayat, the program's goal is to assist households to grow vegetables by establishing vegetable gardens in each of the panchayat's wards.

According to Aroosh, the panchayat had 18 wards and a population of about 36,000. He said that every effort was being made to get the vegetable gardens put up as soon as possible.

The State's local authorities are the primary audience for the Agri Nutri Garden initiative. According to a message from the Public Relations Department, the Chittattukara Project was introduced by Fort Kochi Sub Collector Vishnu Raj, who said that the gardens were necessary for the time and would aid in reviving the tradition of vegetable gardening in homes.

The Kudumbashree Mission is assisting with the program's implementation. The Kudumbashree network will assist with vegetable production and marketing.

According to the advertisement, local vegetable production will not only guarantee a supply of healthy produce but also contribute to the creation of new job possibilities.

There is also a strategy to gather high-quality seeds that are readily available locally for the Programme.

Aim of the campaign

To support every rural poor household to have Agri Nutri Garden to fulfill the need of the family’s nutrition and any excess production can also be sold for income generation.

What is Agri Nutri Garden Project

In the Agri Nutri Garden initiative, organic vegetable gardens are installed at homes to make available nutritious fruits and vegetables, get people ready to be self-sufficient in vegetables, and create a healthy society.

The primary goal of establishing the idea of Nutri-gardens was to motivate tribal women to grow healthy food crops in their backyards.