{"id":15089,"date":"2017-09-29T11:30:10","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T11:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog2\/?p=15089"},"modified":"2019-02-15T11:43:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T11:43:22","slug":"azolla-training-at-cel-kundapur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fsl-india.org\/blog\/azolla-training-at-cel-kundapur\/","title":{"rendered":"Azolla Training at CEL, Kundapur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Greetings from FSL-India\u2019s Centre for Experiential Living, Kundapur! As part of our training goal of empowering and educating all our staff and volunteers, we had a new training this month, conducted by Mr. C. Doreswamy, our Joint Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As agriculture plays an important\nrole in rural areas (like the area where CEL is located), finding new ways of enabling\nthe local community to make food production more sustainable can have a huge,\nbeneficial impact on the local environment, as well as the social conditions by\nhelping farmers to become less dependent on artificial resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A good example for this is the\ncultivation of Azolla: The semiaquatic Azolla (semiaquatic because it grows on\nthe surface of water) is one of the most efficient nitrogen fixators. Due to\nthe resulting high level of protein contained in the plant, it is a good\nreplacement of food supplements and growth hormones given to livestock. For\nexample, 800 grams of Azolla (the average amount of Azolla required per day,\nper cow) can replace up to half of the oilcake used to feed a cow and still\nmake the milk more nutritious, since Azolla increases the quality and quantity\nof milk produced, as well as its fat content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another advantage of Azolla is the\nlow cost, time and resources invested for its growth. Furthermore, for the\nabove-mentioned 800g, it takes only about 24 square feet to be grown! It also\ngrows very fast – in 2 weeks, you can have the full tank covered without doing\nanything at all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanks to the training on how to\ngrow Azolla and the growing conditions required, the participants can now\nencourage the local livestock owners to cultivate their own Azolla and thereby,\nenlarge the impact of the Training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking forward to more trainings like this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Greetings from FSL-India\u2019s Centre for Experiential Living, Kundapur! As part of our training goal of empowering and educating all our staff and volunteers, we had a new training this month, conducted by Mr. C. Doreswamy, our Joint Director. As agriculture plays an important role in rural areas (like the area where CEL is located), finding new ways of enabling the local community to make food production more sustainable can have a huge, beneficial impact on the local environment, as well…<\/p>\n

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