How Pagri is Growing

Dear Supporters: We have used your donations very effectively, but we have only begun and the needs of Punjab's agriculture are immense, both qualitatively and quantitatively. So, please continue to support us!

Thanks to your support, Pagri has grown and added activities and directly reached out to farmers to help them.

Pagri has three projects now - one has just been added.

We are working on revising our website

We are working to develop our Social Media presence - FaceBook and YouTube.

Here's a summary update for the organization:

1. We have added a new project: Mini Integrated Farming in Faridkot - We have found two very dynamic Sevadars in Manjit Singh and Jaspal Singh, who have helped farmers via soil testing to reduce costs, helped about 40 farmers with about 1,000 Desi (RIR variety) chickens raised for eggs, and are helping about 300 farmers with ortganic kithcen gardens. This will show up as a new project of its own shortly.

2. We are excited to tell you that we have started a new Pagri Organic, Horticulture and Integrated Farming Demonstration and Training Centre near Faridkot. The project leader for this project is Balwinder Singh, who is a high level expert of oreganc farming and is continuing to learn and teach others. He is assisted by Gurlal Singh, who is a knowledgeable farmer himself.

The objective: Teach farmers high quality methods of the proper techniques so that they become fearless farmers who can grow organic crops at a lower cost, through clean (non-chemical) methods, use less water, and understand the ecology of the soil, plants and insects.

It has started with organic horticulture with about 180 fruit trees and planting of sugarcane. It will be planting other crops organically and vermi-composting. It has been teching farmers about all this and will be teaching themn more. 

3. We are resetting our Project for "Exrtension for Good Agricultural Practices", the leader of which is Gurbinder Singh Bajwa. He is the only one who is addressing the big problems of growing rice without water flooding technique, no burning of straw, using straw as mulch for next crop, reducing use of chemical fertilizers and fungicides, pesticides and herbicides. The aim of the resetting is to better align Gurbinder with Pagri aims and objectives and to find new ways of cooperation and support.

Harinder Lamba

Secretary, Pagri