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Adarsh Seuj Prakalpa - Organic Demonstration Garden and Resource Centre

Adarsh Seuj Prakalpa is a project that was initiated in Assam in 2006 by Fertile Ground:  East/West Sustainability Network, an NGO based in western Canada.  The project is located on two acres of land in the town of Digboi, on an abandoned plot of land that had previously housed living quarters for workers from the local oil refinery.   Partners in the project include the Rotary Club of Digboi and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (Assam OIl Division).

In a little more than two years, two full-time gardeners and a host of volunteers - from the local neighbourhood and from Canada - transformed an unsightly site littered with garbage and building materials to a model organic garden and resource centre.  The site is regularly visited by farmers, small tea growers, educators, agricultural extension staff and students, and has attracted guests from as far away as Australia, Nigeria, Germany and the U.S.

Click here  to watch a slide show that will give you more information about the development of the garden.
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