Help Environmental Farming in Myanmar

Phase one of the Myanmar Vermiculture (worm fertilizer methods) project has shown very positive results.  The worm growing and crop fertilizer methods are now practiced by over 100 families in the Inle Lake area.  Now we, and our native representatives in Mayanmar, can begin phase two of the project.

Phase two will consist of establishing the procedures and applying the resources to replicate the project to an additional 42 villages around the lake.  Thanks to 51 donations which have been received, we have the resources to begin that effort, The tasks for phase two will be to create guidelines and "best practice" documents, based on the procedures that have been effective, and to contract with a Inle Lake native to train, coordinate and monitor the vermiculture program.  Those tasks are necessary in order to effectively and efficiently introduce the procedures and methods to the new areas.  In the begining of the project the sharing of worms and training between families and villages was effective. Now it will be important to introduce the project to several (perhaps three or four) villages at a time in order to achieve results quickly, Therefore, more efficient methods of training and support will be needed.

The President of GCSF has visited the area, in support of other GCSF projects.  She has been impressed by the willingnes of the Inle Lake dwellers to embrace the methods, and they are appreciative of the results.  During a recent visit she was invited to a typical Inle Lake meal.  The hostess served a type of tomato salad, made from tomatoes grown with the worm fertilizer. The hostess was proud to state "the fresh tomatoes are as big as the ones grown with chemical fertilizer and taste much better."

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• http://globalcommunityservice.org