Project Name : “The Magic of Fenugreek”
Theme Name : Agriculture and Food Security
Ours is an investigatory project on which we are working since summer vacations.
i) We cultivated fenugreek after collecting details about the conditions required for growing fenugreek.
ii) We visited the leading nutritionist, to collect details about the medicinal values and other health benefits of the fenugreek and ppropriate dosage recommended for the livestock and women especially expectant mothers and nursing mothers.
iii) We did case study on four nursing mothers from different sections of society. A proper graph was prepared to show the gradual health improvements in feeding mothers.
iv) We visited a village near kalmeshwar, and stayed there for 15 days, we personally fed the livestock the fenugreek based food besides monitoring the amount of milk produced, maintained graphs to show the rise.
v) With our finds, we visited Borgaon Village, Yerla Village, met the sarpanchs and the cow-shed owners, and briefed them about the cultivation and benefits of fenugreek (Methi).
vi) We visited Matru Sewa Sangh and briefed the same to the females.
vii) These ladies are regularly consuming Methi seeds and the farmers of Borgaon have made Methi their main crop. They are also giving Methi to their livestock.
viii) We wrote letter to the chief Minister of Mahastra, Shri Prithviraj Chawan, asking for his contribution in popularizing the concept.
ix) We also wrote letter to Shri Anile Sole, Mayor of Nagpur city, who called us for a meeting and decided to arrange for a workshop for the farmers and cow-shed owners, to make them aware about the great benefits of Fenugreek.
x) We met the president of AISTA and the secretary of Rotary Club and convinced them about the same. They distributed Methi seeds for free to the farmers.
xi) Dr. Kavita Ratan, from „Green Vigil Foundations‟ approached us for the Youth Conference to be held on 7th November 2012, to share our finds and experience with others in order to motivate them. Dr. M.N. Dophare, a local vetenary doctor associated with „People for Animals‟ and IVA, wanted us to popularize the project.
xii) Dr. Sarang Despande, an Ayurvedic doctor. Discussed with us his future plans of incorporating the benefit of fenugreek into making an Ayurvedic medicine.
xiii) Here, in Delhi, on 20th October 2012, after the exhibition we met the Section Office of Women and Child Welfare Department and discussed with him our project. He promised to include the same in Aganwari plans.
Name of the School: The Jain International School, Nagpur.
