Due to increasing modernity in tribal
dominated areas like Bastar and in the practices
of domestic vegetables production has reduced
and has almost disappeared, due to which
nutritional deficiencies have been seen in
women and children and many people are
completely depended on chemical farming and
foraging farming. Traders have started using
chemicals in vegetables to increase the
production capacity and to meet the demand due
to earning more profits. The effect of which is
visible in our health and the home garden in
Bastar has become extinct in the entire Bastar region market. Due to which a serious problem like
malnutrition emerged in Bastar District, its impact on children and women was seen. When Sukjan
Wellfare Seva Sanstha started working in selected Gram Panchayats, the problem of malnutrition
was seen in that area and this topic is related to this. It was taken seriously and it was decided to
work on it. Government schemes which were made on malnutrition, work was done on all these
schemes. Its true cure is balanced food and nutritious diet.
With working on this, first of all, in order to improve the eating habits, a campaign was run
by the organization to set up nutrition gardens in all the houses, in which pure green vegetables
from nutrition gardens were grown by using cow dung and vermicompost from the cattle farms
operated in the villages, instead of using chemical fertilizers. It is being produced and used in all
the houses, the result of which is that today people in the identified villages are not dependent on
the market but they are using pure and fresh vegetables from the home-made nutrition garden.
This has benefited the people's eating habits. Along with the improvement in their economic
condition, their economic condition has also seen improvements and they are also running their
livelihood through nutrition garden.