Students begin off-field paddy farming

Thiruvananthapuram | Monday | 9th July, 2018

Summary:

more-inStudents of Government Higher Secondary School, Purathur, have taken the initiative to begin off-field paddy cultivation in a piece of land adjacent to the school. Students sow paddy seeds on a piece of land adjacent to Government Higher Secondary School, Purathur, as part of an initiative by the NSS. K.

Narayanan, a local farmer, taught the students the basics of paddy farming and sowing the seeds. School Principal M.

Devadas inaugurated the project by sowing paddy seeds. ‘Great experience’“The students had read in their textbooks about the practice of paddy cultivation both in-field and off-fields..