Being a Champion
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article38288
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Under the Sun: News from the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund
- Date
- 2013 February
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Date
- 2013 February
- Page
- 4
- Notes
- "Change is hard. It doesn't matter who you are, where you live, or what you do. Farmers in Sri Lanka have been buying seeds from agricultural companies and using chemical fertilizers and pesticides for generations. PWRDF works with the Movement for National Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR) to support community based groups of 10-12 farmers working with organic and ecological techniques to lower their costs, diversify their crops, and increase their income. This work is difficult because they're trying to change generations of practice. The best way they have found, is to work with local farmers who are open to change, and encourage them to be champions of the new farming methods. S.T. Chandrika is a widow raising four children. She owns about an acre of land, and used it primarily to raise cash vegetable crops. After meeting a MONLAR field staff member, she began to adopt ecological and organic farming techniques and to grow a wider variety of vegetables. 'I now have nutritious and poison-free food. I grow lots of different vegetables that are better than what is available at the market', she says. She continues to sell fruits and vegetables at the local market, as well as growing two commercial crops per year. 'Organic farming is more work than chemical farming. But it's worth it. I get more produce, it costs less, and I make more profit'. With champions like Ms. Chandrika, organic farming continues to grow in communities across Sri Lanka". [Text of entire article.]
- Subjects
- Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF)
- Agriculture - Sri Lanka
- Organic farming - Sri Lanka
- Food supply - Sri Lanka
- Food supply - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- MONLAR (Movement for national land and agricultural Reform) (Organization)
- Location
- General Synod Archives