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The problem is that we have very poor soil on our lands, which has caused difficulty in planting food. The land is dry, and during drought season the soil is highly degraded. On the other hand, rainy season also can be a big problem, as it can destroy most crops grown. The major problem we face is poor soil quality for planting, and these problems could be attributed to many reasons; Such as 1) land degradation over the years from use of pesticide chemicals for farming 2) Impact of land clearance for subsistence agriculture has resulted in soil salinity and poor quality 3) The lack of sound knowledge on proper land management techniques and methods to use in rehabilitation of fallow land. The project will cover the following objectives; Specific objective: This project aim to phase-out the use of pesticides within the village of Samauga and promote the consumption of nutritional food for healthy family development. Objective: 1. The project will expand into planting other green vegetables such as; lau pele, round cabbage, green peas, water melons, cucumbers, green pepper, vanilla, chilli and fruit trees and at the same time plant yams and medicinal plants of traditional healers; Outputs: 1. Develop a village policy to phase-out the use of pesticides and promote organic farming through the use of composting and other appropriate alternatives; 2. Train women about gardening and managing organic gardens, and men on sustainable land management for farming 3. Develop a greenhouse for the breeding of seedlings that can be use for the community garden and distributed to all women of the community to set-up their own home gardens for family consumption 4. Develop income-generating activities for women to enable them sustain the projects, through small business in selling produce, developing mini-micro credit systems or tourism promoting cultural tourism in small community through visitors experience village lifestyle. 5. Project reporting on financial and narrative reports and monitoring of activities

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