10 Creative Ways You Can Improve Your Farmers Friend Earthworm
When only 2, Prasiddhi started raising such questions to her parents. The only way to answer was not just by telling the problem, but teaching a solution too! Prasiddhi Forests was thus born in 2018!
We, at Prasiddhi Forests, wanted to make a larger impact since our birth and the only way to reach many was to touch upon a common cause, the cause of our planet!
We have since touched hundreds of lives via various channels: physical and virtual, spreading the word about how our planet needs us and how our fellow human beings need us; how animals need us and how we have to step forward to make a difference and be the change maker!
Prasiddhi has many feathers to her hat at this very young age:
- Youngest faculty member at RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards)
- Ridley Turtle Ambassador for the marathon
- Green Ambassador for Mahindra World School, Chennai
- Young Achiever Award from Lions Club International
- Eco Warrior Award from Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
- Certificates of recognition from Times of India, Hero Motocorp, Ministry of Tamil Nadu Fishery
- India Book of World Record holder for soap carving in the 2020 group of students (event driven towards saving the turtles)
Prosopis juliflora, is a thorny shrub that grows to a height up to 12 metres. These thorny shrubs are often multi-stemmed and have large and sharp thorns measuring up to 5 cm. They are deeply rooted as their roots can grow to a great depth of 53 metres in search of water. These small trees are widely found in Africa, Asia and Australia.
In recent times, these trees are regarded invasive as they cause enormous damage to the environment and inhibits the growth of indigenous plants. A study shows that these plant shrubs promotes the transmission of malaria parasites, especially during dry seasons as sugar sources from native plants are unavailable for the mosquitoes.
Earthworm – A farmer’s friend
In an organic field, earthworm multiplication is natural and the nutrition cycle is in full swing. The earthworm has a great role to play in maintaining the soil fertility by cycling nutrients, micro-flora and fauna population in the soil.
To highlight a few of the benefits of earthworms in an agricultural land,
- They improve the essential nutrient availability for the crops
- They enhance the soil drainage system
- They reduce soil erosion
- They increase the plant health by improving the soil efficiency
- The vermicomposting done by earthworms suppresses the soil-borne diseases that may affect the growth and nutrition in crops
The Vermicompost and Vermiwash produced from organic materials or waste with the help of earthworms plays an important role in organic agricultural systems. They help in sustainable and eco-friendly farming which in turn aids the farmers in reducing or completely avoiding the usage chemical pesticides and fertilizers in the field as the vermicompost is richer in essential plant nutrients such as phosphorous, potassium and nitrogen than traditional compost.
Golden rules for large scale tree planting
Planting trees is the top priority on the national scale throughout this decade as tackling climate change and protecting the biodiversity is the call of the hour.
We all know that forests are essentials for life on Earth as they provide food and shelter to countless species; but they are disappearing on a large scale due to various factors like deforestation, forest fires etc.
Ambitious environmentalists like Prasiddhi Singh are aiming for tree-planting projects to replace the lost forests.
However, tree planting is a highly complex task because planting wrong trees in the wrong place could do more harm than good. Therefore, having a proper knowledge and understanding on large scale tree planting is vital.
10 Golden Rules for Large Scale Tree Planting
- Protect the existing forests
- Place local people at the heart of planting trees
- Encourage reforestation for serving multiple goals
- Select favourable land for reforestation
- Let the trees grow back naturally
- Select the right tree species for the right land area
- Use tree seeds that are suitable for local climate
- Work with the local people and plan ahead on how to source seeds or trees
- Always learn from practise
- Make sure that re-planting trees also provides source of income for all the stakeholders including the locals who provide their support
Together we can rebuild the lost natural treasures (Forests) and save our Earth and everyone in it.
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