Crops are selected based on height and growth duration to ensure adequate sunlight and different harvesting cycles so that households have continued access to different kinds of produce throughout the year. Vegetable and fruit crop chart covering 36 X 36 ft plot with 8 beds designed by Vandana Salviįirstly, a 36 x 36 sq ft plot is identified. In this photo essay we will understand multilayer farming in detail. Vegetables and fruit crops grown employing organic and sustainable methods in the multilayer farms are rich in vitamins, minerals, proteins and carbohydrates. 2.28 cr from the sale facilitated by WOTR. WOTR helped to market 12,884 quintals of agricultural produce. As of June 10, 2020, 24,671 households have benefitted from 14,244 kitchen gardens and 562 multilayer farms. WOTR has been promoting multilayer farming since 2018. Vulnerable families are provided with an additional income from the sale of surplus produce. This helps smallholder farmers grow various seasonal vegetables and horticultural crops throughout the year while ensuring food and nutritional security for the household. Multilayer farming refers to growing different vegetables on the same plot at a time. Some act as trap crops and prevent pest attacks. As there are crops with different lifecycles, some will die off and need to be replaced. In multilayer farms, as different types of vegetables, pulses and fruits are grown, they complement each other in many ways such as providing shade canopy, litter, increasing moisture holding capacity of the soil while nurturing microflora. By Harshal Khade, Prithviraj Gaikwad Photo credits: Kakasaheb Wadekar, Anita Kate, Ganesh Kakde
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