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The birthplace of the Dashehari mango
Posted by maitrey
in Tuesday, May 11, 2010
MERE SAPNO KA GAON - Nibandh Pratiyogita
Posted by maitrey
in Monday, March 22, 2010
An Essay writing competition was organised for students of Upper Primary Schools in Mall block of Malihabad constituency as part of ongoing efforts of Maitrey Era to improve the standard of rural education. The topic of the competition was same for all children and it was "MERE SAPNO KA GAON ". More than 600 students from 34 Upper Primary Schools took part in the competition. The whole event was conducted in three parts as under :i. The Essay Writing Sessions.
ii. The assessment Procedure.
iii. The Prize Distribution Ceremony.
The Essay Writing Sessions.
The essay writing sessions were conducted at the respective school buildings under the supervision of school staff.. The volunteers with Maitrey were instructed to visit the schools during the sessions randomly to deter any usage of unfair means. The school's staff was quite supportive and we are thankful to them for the cooperation extended to us.
The Assessment Procedure.
The collected essays were read and Lucknow
The Prize Distribution Ceremony.
The Prize Distribution Ceremony was conducted at Apna Bazaar ground in Mal Block. The event was Chaired by Shri MS Sant IAS (Retired) and was attended by Shri Mohan Singh, retired IT Commissioner, Shri Anil Sant , Secy to CM, Shri Anand Kumar Sant, Shri Kaushal Raj Sharma, CDO Lucknow, SDM malihabad, Shri Ajay Pande State Coordinator SIMCO Foundation and other eminent guests. The first three positions were awarded with Cycles. The school which achieved first position was gifted a Steel Almirah. The teachers were also given a memento for there exceptional contribution.
Awards
First Position - Sania Rais(47/50) of Kanya Vidyalaya, Aant Gadi Sauri
Second Position - Roshni Devi(38/50) of Kanya Vidyalaya, Saspan
Third Position - Parul Tiwari(35/50) of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Mall
Best Schoool - KGBVA, Mall
Best Teacher - Shri Ram Kumar Pal, Upper Primary School, Badaiyyan.
The competition not only gave us an insight into the standards of rural education but also brought out several other social issues which children had projected in their essays. Most important of them being the requirement of a quality higher education opportunities in vicinity. Most of the girls do not move ahead of upper primary school because of lack of higher schools in nearby areas and raised concern over this. Early marriage was another issue brought up by children. These were compiled for future and also forwarded to Dr Siddhartha Shankar, MLA from the constituency with request to address as many and as quickly as possible. A list of weak children was also compiled and distributed to the schools with request to pay more attention on them. Maitrey volunteers were also tasked to monitor their progress and provide whatever support possible to them. Another list consisted of children which showed a higher level of intellect through their essays. Maitrey will keep a track of their progress to ensure that they have ample opportunity to continue studying in future.
SLIDESHOW OF THE EVENT
Newspaper Cuttings
Awards
First Position - Sania Rais(47/50) of Kanya Vidyalaya, Aant Gadi Sauri
Second Position - Roshni Devi(38/50) of Kanya Vidyalaya, Saspan
Third Position - Parul Tiwari(35/50) of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Mall
Best Schoool - KGBVA, Mall
Best Teacher - Shri Ram Kumar Pal, Upper Primary School, Badaiyyan.
The competition not only gave us an insight into the standards of rural education but also brought out several other social issues which children had projected in their essays. Most important of them being the requirement of a quality higher education opportunities in vicinity. Most of the girls do not move ahead of upper primary school because of lack of higher schools in nearby areas and raised concern over this. Early marriage was another issue brought up by children. These were compiled for future and also forwarded to Dr Siddhartha Shankar, MLA from the constituency with request to address as many and as quickly as possible. A list of weak children was also compiled and distributed to the schools with request to pay more attention on them. Maitrey volunteers were also tasked to monitor their progress and provide whatever support possible to them. Another list consisted of children which showed a higher level of intellect through their essays. Maitrey will keep a track of their progress to ensure that they have ample opportunity to continue studying in future.
SLIDESHOW OF THE EVENT
Newspaper Cuttings
Orchard owners, growers expect bumper mango harvest in Malihabad
Posted by maitrey
Growers and orchard owners of Malihabad in Uttar Pradesh are rejoicing at the sight of blooming mango trees.
This year there has been record flowering of the mango trees and there is no pest problem either.
Veteran mango grower of Malihabad, Kalimullah Khan, who was conferred Padma Shri for mango cultivation and grafting in 2008, said the flowering this season is something he has not witnessed in the past three decades.
"We have never seen a mango tree flowering so much till now. We are hoping that the trees, which earlier used to give 50 kg of fruits, will reap over 200 kg of Dussehri (a mango variety) this season. Bigger mango trees that bear Chausa (another mango variety) are expected to give more fruit this time. And the weather is also supporting the harvest 100 percent, " said Khan.
Khan further said that this season they were witnessing full flowering without any pests like bhunga and laal gujia.
Khan, whose Abdullah Nursery boasts of hundreds of varieties of mango, added that the initial blooming has made the growers happy but there is also certain amount of fear among them.
Santosh Yadav, another mango grower, said that even after shedding of flowers and buds initially in the growing season, there is still plenty of flowering, which has raised the prospects of productivity to a great extent.
"We are happy that there is full flowering in the trees but now we just want these blooms to convert into a rich mango harvest. Till now the crop hasn't been affected. No insects have damaged the crop. And we are also watering the trees regularly," Yadav said.
The Lucknow mango belt is famous for its Dussheri variety of mangoes. The belt produces 4.8 lakh metric tonnes of mango from a cultivation area of 24,000 hectare. It is the most productive mango belt in the country with an average yield of nineteen metric tonnes per hectare, while national average is just six metric tonnes per hectare.
The Malihabadi Dussheri mango was officially accorded the GI (geographical indication) status recently after a two-year long battle by over 100 orchard owners. The next mango crop would be sold in the open market under the same name.
This status will also help the farmers in making better profits and exporting them under area name.
As per GI registration, the right to marketing a product is exclusively tied to a definite geographical territory and it restricts others from marketing or processing a product in the same name, anywhere in the world. (ANI)
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