School nutrition garden

Setting up of school nutrition garden by using advance technology of nutribed inbuilt with subsurface irrigation system.

1. SCHOOL NUTRITION GARDEN Enhancing students knowledge on nutritional aspects of vegetables & making them environmentally conscious. Pilot Project Title

2. PROJECT SYNOPSIS To promote nutrition-based approaches in Children and To inculcate a lifelong skill of growing own vegetables and fruits through Nutrition garden. Nutrition garden is good for childrens health and education, and also it is good for learning they are highly practical and a direct form of education apart from practical skills in agriculture and horticulture gardens are a living laboratory for the study of environmentalissues and life science. It improves the envoirment . It will empower student to explore environmental concept and action beyond the confines of a syllabus or curriculum. While everyone , everywhere, asserts the importance of “learning to live sustainably” Thematic area : learning a lifelong skill, shape the behavioral pattern of the student, green’ the school and reduce air pollution.”

3. PROPOSED PROJECT DESCRIPTION OBJECTIVE: To give students first-hand experience with nature and gardening To enhance the knowledge of children's regarding nutritional aspect of vegetables and harmful effect of junk food To help in addressing malnutrition and micro nutrient deficiencies by consumption of freshly grown vegetables NEED & BENEFITS OF SNG: Good for learning Essential for children's health Improve environment Good for the earth Good for child's well being Increase confidence in student LEARNING FROM SNG: Teaching students that a Nutrition Garden can actually be set up anywhere, even in a school in a crowded urban area Teaching student that, with a few exceptions, every part of the vegetable or fruit can be eaten Teaching student to think out the box and find a way Teaching student to work actively in their school Eco-Club

4. All primary and secondary schools in the metro city Rs 5.60 Cr. BENEFICIARY TYPE: ESTIMATED NO OF BENEFICIARIES: ESTIMATED BUDGET: Primary beneficiary : students Secondary beneficiary : Schools greenery and City atmosphere 400 No of Schools ------ of Student’s DURATION FOR EXECUTION 3 Month PROJECT AREA

5. PROJECT ACTIVITYS Today with the rapid rate of urbanization, many school do not have free space to grow vegetables etc. For them there is an effective alternative that is simple and practical way i.e. Gardening in “NUTRIBED” Such a HDPE container inbuilt with advance technology of subsurface irrigation technique so it has a many benefits for school in urban areas as they help to “green” the school and reduce air pollution. Other major benefits are student learn to grow vegetables in nutribed , understanding that a large piece of land is not essentially required for this. Organic garbage such as school scraps anything that decays, can be processed into compost in such containers. Students will learn to think creatively and out of the box, understand that a garden can be effectively created everywhere. The greenery will definitely beautiful School and make it a visually more appealing place. It will enable school children to practice “intensive” gardening through maximum utilization of limited space. It will provide an opportunity to practice “intercropping” (I.e. planting a variety of plants in one container) which ensure the health of plants due to diversity. Such gardens “make use of unused school spaces” (vacant staircases, terrace, compound wall, school entrance sites, etc.) Step:1 Step:2 Step:3

6. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION OF NUTRIBED HDPE Nutribed is a readymade structural Unit. Fabricated size : L x W x H: 2438.40 mm x 838.2 mm x 228.60 mm Made from High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Woven fabric. Laminated with LDPE (UV Stabilized). Heat-Sealed Joints. Drainage net on each corner. Thickness : 340 Gsm Inbuilt with: Two line of subsurface pipe : made from recycle rubber, length of each line : 2439 mm, wall thickness 2 mm , outer diameter 16mm , inner diameter 12mm. Working pressure 0.5 bar(7.5psi), PE lateral line , PE connector, PE endcap and elbow , Support system of frp rod and Pet wire.

7. ADVANTAGES OF NUTRIBED INBUILT WITH SUBSURFACE IRRIGATION SYSTEM Protect crop from bad whether condition Better germination , plant growth, root growth, improve productivity and quality of produce Crop can be growing throughout the year best for high value vegetable crop. Save up to 15% to 25% of water over drip/Sprinkler irrigation. Save up to 35% to 45% of energy over drip irrigation. Save up to 70% of fertilizer cost over drip irrigation. Save up to 50% of weeding cost over drip irrigation. Save up to 50% to 60% of labor cost over drip irrigation. Save up to 90% of maintenance cost over drip irrigation. No damage from rates, rodents, dogs, insects etc. S ubsurface irrigation pipe will serve more than 15 year and will reduce water consumption up to 40% for Nutrition gardens.

8. LAYOUT OF SCHOOL NUTRITION GARDEN