Participation of 800 students in ‘Organic Kitchen Gardening Training Workshop’ at Open University

Islamabad (Staff Reporter) A training workshop on organic kitchen gardening was held in Allama Iqbal Open University yesterday, in which more or less 800 students and their parents received training from teachers and staff members of the university. Department of Agricultural Science. Chairman, Prof. Dr. Sher Muhammad was the resource person of the workshop who taught the students about natural methods of vegetable cultivation free from poisons and chemical fertilizers. He also taught the children how to grow healthy organic vegetables at home, how to make natural fertilizers, how to prevent pests and diseases through botanical methods, etc. The training workshop was organized jointly by the Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization and the Department of Agricultural Sciences. But what was According to the mission and vision of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Nasir Mehmood, the university pays special attention to co-curricular activities to keep the students engaged in meaningful activities so as to prevent the students from engaging in negative activities. . Additional Director of Research, Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization, Dr. Saima Nasir, Chairperson of the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Environmental Design, Prof. Dr. Hajra Ahmed also addressed the event. He said that 40% of children in our country are suffering from stunting, 17% are severely malnourished. He said that by going against nature, we have put our lives at risk and if we continue like this, we will never become a developed nation. He said that to live a healthy life, we need kitchen gardening. There is a need to promote and highlight this concept, create awareness. Dr. Sher Muhammad gave a detailed lecture on the importance of organic agriculture and organic resources and nutrients available in Pakistan.