After attending the informative and enriching session on Composting held at Madanrtiang, the Community Facilitator of Mynri Umsning, Kong Dora Lyngdoh started hosting training sessions in her own village. Earlier, under the leadership of Bah Kynsai Shadap (CF of Madanrtiang), Kong Dora along with 2 other ALC members received this training.
This training is essentially based on traditional composting methods which result in improvement of soil health and subsequently attaining a good yield of crops and prevention of chemical fertilizers. Through this training, the attendees learnt the age-old ways of making natural compost for increased yield and fertility of soil and in this manner, and with the hope of being able to safeguard traditional farming.
The training proved to be a success as it saw ample participation from all the ALC members; it was filled with interaction and acceptance wherein the members made a unanimous decision to pass on and implement the knowledge that they received.
Dora Lyngdoh, CF, Mynri said, “Through the training, I feel I have been enriched with a lot of knowledge and information and with this I was able to carry it forward to my community to implement the same to the ALC members”.
Rikor Sohtun, ALC member from Mynri Umsning, shared, “I feel delighted to have worked with NESFAS from time to time as it aims to revive and promote traditional farming and I feel really thankful for having attended this training since it has proved to be very useful for us.”
Mynri is an active participant of NESFAS in the ongoing project “Empowering Indigenous Communities through Agroecology Learning Circles (ALCs) for resilient, integrated and innovative natural resource management”, which is supported by MBMA and funded by the World Bank.
