SEwA

PROJECT
(2018-2019)
 INDEX
● Acknowledgement
● Topic and relevance
● Objectives of the project
● Steps
● Activities involved
● Task undertaken
● Assessment criteria, Activity report, Sewa hourly
schedule
● My SEWA promise
● Mentor’s observation
● Seva self-appraisal form
● Reflective musing
● Need of organic farming in school in the early stages of
child development

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
It gives me great pleasure to express my gratitude towards
my class teacher Ms. NIHARIKA SHARMA ma’am for the
guidance, support and encouragement throughout the
duration of the project. Without her motivation and help, the
successful completion of this project would not have been
possible.
I would like to express my gratitude and heartfelt thanks to
my school principle Ms. MEENU TIWARI for her help and
wishes.
I would also like to extend my gratitude to CBSE for
introducing such an enriching project and giving us
wonderful opportunity of team work and service to others.

TOPIC AND RELEVANCE

Our topic is organic farming in the school’s garden area.
Through this, we would be able to inculcate leadership
qualities amongst ourselves. It’ll also help us to economics
the resources and improvise team spirit.
Guiding and motivating the budding minds for their skills to
develop and harness their own energy and utilize the
resources to make a cleaner, greener and healthier
environment.

OBJECTIVES
Through this project, we would be able to accomplish the
following objectives:
● Understanding time management
● Inculcate resource utilization
● Inculcate skills of planning
● Understand the value of team work
● Understanding the relevance of fresh farm products in
the routine course of life

STEPS
● The entire class was divided into groups based on the
requirements of a different activities to be performed for
conducting the meet.
● Then different groups sat together. Brainn stormed
divided who, when and how would perform the work.
 Action plans were made and sub-plans for different
groups of activities were divided.
● Sharing and exchange of ideas took place for better
environment and success of the initiative.
● The action plan was then further analysed for better
results by all the group members so that the best action
plan would be formulated.
● The respective team members divided together the
different resources required for the project
● Implementation of action plan.
● Follow-up

Activities involved
1. Creation of garden site
2. Collection of tools
3. Tracking sunlight
4. Making a signboard – Organic Garden Site
5. Testing pH of the soil
6. Measure soil drainage
 7. Making compost pile
8. Adding organic soil from the compost heap
9. Making name tags for plants
10. Choosing right plants for organic garden
11. Planting seeds in full sunlight
12. Mulching the area around the plants 2 inches deep
13. Watering garden morning
14. Weekly monitoring growth of plants using scale
15. Weeding the garden every week
16. Attracting helpful creatures by adding seeds,
compost or flowers
17. Protecting the plants from pests using organic
pesticides
18. Harvesting the plants

Tasks undertaken
Our class for sewa project was divided into 4 groups. And
our group was the 1st group and was assigned by following
tasks :
● Creation of garden site
The first and foremost task that we had done for preparing a
garden site was to clearly divide the garden space into
vegetable beds and walking aisles. After this , to make the
vegetable beds we dug out the soil and threw different
kind of organic material into it like orange peel , brown
leaves , tea leaves , banana peel some peels of veggies
etc. which was followed by organic manure . And the last
step, we did was mulching as to protect the microbiology
in the soil from direct sunlight and rain.
 ● Collection of tools
While creating the garden site we used the following tools:

HOE LEVELLER

PICK AXE
HAND SCRAPPER

● Tracking sunlight
To determine how much sunlight an area gets , was one of the
difficult task. And we found the best way to figure it out
 by measuring hours of sunlight in our garden and created a
garden chart for it and according to it we decided to grow
plants. Through our analysis it was found that our site was
a ‘full sun garden’ and on the basis of it we decided to
grow spinach , tomatoes , green chillies , coriander . These
all plants are labelled as full sun plants which require 6 or
more hours of sunlight.

● Making a signboard – Organic Garden Site

Since our class was involved in organic farming and we have
created a garden site it was very important to convey the
information our schoolmates , staffs and teachers .
Therefore we created a sign board marked as ‘ORGANIC
FARMING’ .

Assessment criteria
S.No Criteria Maximum
 marks
1 Participation 2
2 Basic Know How 2
3 Skills Learnt 4
4 Motivation to Excel 3
5 Improvement in 2
Performance(competition and
self)
6 Team Spirit 3
7 Enhancement of Organizational 1
skills of game
-Leadership goals 1
8 Sensitivity towards
-CWSN 1
-Gender 1

Activity report
S. Date Activity Steps to conduct Hours/week Mentor
No. Name sign
1. Creating a ● Identifying the 1 hour
garden site tools needed
● Purchasing of
 tools 2 hour
● Tracking
sunlight
● Choosing a 6 hour
garden site
● Creating and 2 hour
placing a sign
2 hour
board as
organic
garden site

2. Making ● Testing the 30 minutes

organic soil soil for pH
● Measuring
soil’s drainage 30 minutes
● Identifying
and making a
4 hours
compost pile
● Adding
organic soil
from your 2 hour
compost pile

3. Choosing ● Choosing 5 2 hours

and planting types of right
of seeds plants for the
garden
● Planting seeds
in full sun 2 hours
● Mulching the
area around
1 hour
the plants 2 in
deep
● Making name
tags for the
plants and 2 Hours
putting in the
soil
4. Maintaining ● Watering the 1 Hour
the organic garden in the
garden morning
● Weeding the 1 Hour
garden every
week
1Hour
● Attracting
helpful
creatures by
adding seeds,
compost or
flowers
● Monitoring
the growth of 1 Hour
the plant
every week
● Protecting
from pests 1 Hour
using organic
manure
● Harvesting of
2 hours
the crops

Sewa hourly schedule

Student name:
Subject:
DATE PROPOSED NO. OF HOURS MENTOR’S
& DAY ACTIVITY GROUPS REQUIRE SIGNATURE
REQUIRE D
D
5 days Creating a garden site 1 13
4 weeks Making organic soil 1 7
3 days Choosing and planting of 1 7
seeds
26 Maintaining the organic 1 7
weeks garden

MY SEWA PROMISE
 MENTOR’S
OBSERVATION
SEWA SELF-APPRAISAL FORM
REFLECTIVE MUSING
It was very good experience with everyone . Everyone
performed their work with perfection . All the members
perform their task on time .
We were given the task to create a garden site for organic
farming . Organic farming is an alternative agricultural
system which originated early in the 20th century in reaction
to rapidly changing farming practices. Organic farming
continues to be developed by various organic agriculture
organizations today. It relies on fertilizers of organic origin
such as compost manure, green manure, and bone meal and
places emphasis on techniques such as crop
rotation and companion planting.
Working in a team was a great advantage as it reduced time
in completing the task. Moreover without taking any burden
work related to the task was distributed to everyone. Without
any problems we were able to learn about the ways of
gardening , how to track sunlight etc.
To conclude it was an educational , happy experience that
we shared as a group.
 NEED OF ORGANIC FARMING IN
SCHOOL IN THE EARLY STAGES
OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Organic farming system in India is not new and is being
followed from ancient time. It is a method of farming system
which primarily aimed at cultivating the land and raising
crops in such a way, as to keep the soil alive and in good
health by use of organic wastes (crop, animal and farm
wastes, aquatic wastes) and other biological materials along
with beneficial microbes (biofertilizers) to release nutrients
to crops for increased sustainable production in an eco
friendly pollution free environment.
As per the definition of the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) study team on organic farming “organic
farming is a system which avoids or largely excludes the use
of synthetic inputs (such as fertilizers, pesticides, hormones,
feed additives etc) and to the maximum extent feasible rely
upon crop rotations, crop residues, animal manures, off-farm
organic waste, mineral grade rock additives and biological
system of nutrient mobilization and plant protection”.
FAO suggested that “Organic agriculture is a unique
production management system which promotes and
enhances agro-ecosystem health, including biodiversity,
biological cycles and soil biological activity, and this is
accomplished by using on-farm agronomic, biological and
mechanical methods in exclusion of all synthetic off-farm
inputs”.
Need of organic farming
With the increase in population our compulsion would be not
only to stabilize agricultural production but to increase it
further in sustainable manner. The scientists have realized
that the ‘Green Revolution’ with high input use has reached
a plateau and is now sustained with diminishing return of
falling dividends. Thus, a natural balance needs to be
maintained at all cost for existence of life and property. The
obvious choice for that would be more relevant in the
present era, when these agrochemicals which are produced
from fossil fuel and are not renewable and are diminishing in
availability. It may also cost heavily on our foreign exchange
in future.
The key characteristics of organic farming include
● Protecting the long term fertility of soils by maintaining
organic matter levels, encouraging soil biological
activity, and careful mechanical intervention
● Providing crop nutrients indirectly using relatively
insoluble nutrient sources which are made available to
the plant by the action of soil micro-organisms
● Nitrogen self-sufficiency through the use of legumes
and biological nitrogen fixation, as well as effective
recycling of organic materials including crop residues
and livestock manures
● Weed, disease and pest control relying primarily on crop
rotations, natural predators, diversity, organic manuring,
 resistant varieties and limited (preferably minimal)
thermal, biological and chemical intervention
● The extensive management of livestock, paying full
regard to their evolutionary adaptations, behavioural
needs and animal welfare issues with respect to
nutrition, housing, health, breeding and rearing
● Careful attention to the impact of the farming system on
the wider environment and the conservation of wildlife
and natural habitats