Eco India: How degraded land, unsuitable for cultivation, can become carbon sequestering-forests

[@roginkoshy3701]

This channel has such brilliant content yet so few viewers and subscribers. I think just adding subtitles in english as well as regional languages will help a lot of Indian viewers . It makes me sad that the Indian youth is missing content like this.

[@maazkalim]

A) They deserve to miss content like this. B) And yes, tolerate it or not or try to justify by rubbishing me as "cynic" or "[whatchamacallit ]fundie": India's shitting herself managing all of the diversity and plurality. _Ergo:_ Hindutva nationalism of Brahminical hegemony is chosen as the endgame, based on the preference of the single-largest demo in national-populace. C) *If you don't prefer the overambitious day-&-date aka latest-episodes localised: Then THEY'VE FINALLY started airing this series in Hind[ustān]ī( HinGlish, to be precise) both linear-wise and on the BELATEDLY-launched self-owned streaming venture **_à la_** Murica, on a struggling **_Aatmanirbhar℠_** infotainment-venture YEARS before it was **_coined_** by a certain Dashāvatāra, in spite of very Indian angel-investment from VCs like **_Badā Ambānī,_** Mahindra® Partners and 'course, Mr Ratan Tātā.* But truth be told, I'm not sure that you shall either promote them as they're neither interested in promoting the _Aatmanirbhar™_ rhetoric like our literally hundreds and hundreds of news media, commissioning yet-another unlicensed adaptation of ‘Bal Narendra: Childhood Stories of Narendra Modi®’ like all of other oh-so-veritably _self-reliant_ streaming offerings like Bei'jing-administered DISNEY+® hotstar® amongst dozen others, to even going far beyond PRH®-published ‘Exam Warriors®’ and even adapting the oh-so-reliable accounts of ' strike', ' strike' by oh-so-maverick journos from the said news media. Worst, they don't even wanna adapt the singularly-focused TP by mainstream Indian historians over Mongo.. err.. "Mughal" atrocities, so much for the "LW-Maoist"/"Urban Naxal™" controlled academia and intelligentsia, those suppressed-"hard facts" subscribed by the "HIndians". To be sure.. That's not to say that they're squeaky "echo-chamber", either. Because frankly, in the _Ease of Doing Business_ economy like India - where every single media-operation is still obligated to gain the authorisation by Interior Ministry( MHA) in a supposed post-Licence Rāj economy of India: There are still enough _regulations_ ensuring that any venture doesn't go towards its somehow-"desired", perennially-decried "foreign-funded _Liberandu_ anti-national establishment propaganda echo-chamber".( Even though since about 7 years of the incumbent regime, somehow being antithetical to the "dogma" of despised-"establishment" - the incumbent-regime keeps counting their virtually every single schemes as "success-stories".) Although, those very same _regulations_ need not apply for the info suitable to the incumbent-regime, since it was allegedly "suppressed since the last 72+ years" and such.

[@Drawwithauto]

14 year old watching here. 👀

[@dhwanibaheti8504]

Thank you for doing this. it is literally the first time that I witness forests being constructed from scratch and not being cleared for agricultural purposes along with farmers benefitting from that!

[@vishwaasghuge]

The concept looks pretty interesting and sustainable. Hope to see this expanding to a larger space.

[@maazkalim]

Define “space” at least in this connotation.

[@azharulislam3918]

20000 native tree species planting, what a great efforts by you guys! Respect you guys from my heart 🇧🇩

[@siya7213]

THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS

[@ReynaSingh]

Thank you for being awareness to this 🙏 beautiful story telling

[@milindsalve2625]

Thank you eco india for bringing such stories to us.... My sundays start with your documentaries...!!!

[@bhavinshukla428]

I don't understand how 'Farmers for Forest' generates money inorder to make the 'conditional cash transfer' to the farmers... Does it collect CSR funding from corporates ? Donations alone ? What are the economics of this enterprise and how is it financially sustainable , along with being ecologically sustainable.... !!! Thanks for the video, keep up the effort.. :-)

[@maazkalim]

What's a “CSR funding”??? Is it even a formal-term? If so.. Is it a euphemism for something?

[@ivankinsman4829]

A very good video showing how a community can make the most out of its degraded land

[@bhbhi]

First thing I saw how beautiful his handwriting is....

[@aafiyasheepfarm]

Wonderful explanation make listeners to understand easily. Good job ! Keep it up !

[@shubhamgawas3559]

I found the person quite genuine.. And smile in his eyes after..

[@maazkalim]

What does bringing-up “smile in his eyes” even mean? Were you trying to pen a poetry?

[@P4RRY-G]

All states in India should get involved with projects like this to make India healthier and green

[@maazkalim]

But.. But.. It will hinder Development™, though. It's actually an act of eco-terrorism.°

[@P4RRY-G]

@@maazkalim have some faith my friend pollution in Indian cities is really bad. People need to learn to live a healthier lifestyle. And protect environment while still developing India for a better future.

[@ankitasaxena5891]

Woah❤️ It's ideas like these which restore the faith in humanity. Awesome you guys!🎉

[@gardencity3558]

Great to see this progress on the environment in India! Totally organic comming mostly from the people unlike in the West where it creates costly government regulations and agencies staffed with government workers that rarely get such rersults. The challenge for India is upscalling these amazing projects but it seems to be happening.

[@ramkrsna11]

Seriously good thing. Planting trees in unused lands and benefitting the farmers and carbon sequestration. After 2 r 3 yrs farmers can start cultivating other crops, due to good fertility and the microclimate.

[@pavan2301]

Great initiative. If the sole financing model is on Grants from big institutions , this is not viable because 5 years changes a lot. I hope this effort survives and collaborate with teams like Paani foundation.

[@islandsunset]

I think the institutions could be govt institutions working to increase forest cover and conservation.

[@pavan2301]

@@islandsunset Ever heard govt. giving serious commitment apart from media drama . nah.

[@kragoth]

yep, was going to ask about the same; so as much as I can gather this just works on grants and donations?

[@maazkalim]

Ahh.. The only successor-initiative of that TV show, on which a whole multinational-documentary was made? 😏

[@goldu]

*i love eco india documentaries. the best in india*

[@joeBritto1950]

This is the Need of the HOUR !

[@Hitgooj]

This channel has a great and interesting real life content regarding the betterment of humanity , and the steps already been taken by people , it motivates other people to join by valuing their efforts through KZbin . This is the only most watched channel by me bcoz though being a student of class 11 it provides me lot of information about the actual things ! I am motivated to see that what I have dreamt in my childhood , like creating a biodiversity rich village , developing. It ... I see it actually happen and people participate in it . Wow !

[@harshalsharma5547]

There is a lot of good in this world and it's worth fighting for.

[@joeGuizan]

A sequence, showing the result of growth will be helpful. Thanks.

[@saveebhatt6302]

Great job sirji

[@nayanmane7831]

Amazing story to start your day with!

[@drbhadlikar]

Very interesting concept. Thanks to Farmers for Forest.

[@colins3688]

Love this idea. Amazing job.

[@sociologicalnullpointer4217]

Kudos to scroll team for bringing these videos , it brings hope in an otherwise increasingly hopeless situation

[@maazkalim]

Anti-national Scroll® knows jack! Thank Goodness for our German _Āryan_ kins.. ...Else they would've injected Urban Naxal™ propaganda here, as well.°

[@ramamohanareddy5057]

Very good initiative, Keep it up and extend to all over the country. Jai Hind.

[@maazkalim]

Uh-huh?!? Whom are you addressing, even?

[@vishalghayal531]

Great Initiative🙌🙌🙌💯💯🙏🙏

[@surajv2356]

This is a wonderful initiative. Kudos to Farmers for forests team!!

[@rahimjamadar75]

Very good idea and thank you so much for bringing such an eco friendly issues into public domain for awareness.great work by your channel

[@maazkalim]

It's not just a darn KZbin® "channel"!

[@dronalisawant613]

Great step 👍

[@mrSad_7]

Great initiative

[@tejasbari4895]

Good job sir ❤😊

[@prakashmc2842]

Super concept!! - congrats and all the best team. Keep going :) :) Please extend your services to Tamil Nadu too :) !

[@yellowbird5411]

While I think financial grants from research and other sources is needed for experimental and educational purposes, it bothers me a great deal to see so many projects like this one be abandoned when the money dries up. These little "forests" are supposed to be self-sustaining once established, but they still need some kind of maintenance for plants that encroach and take over, plus control of wildlife that can damage bark and lower branches. I see all these people in the pictures digging holes and planting. Why did they need a grant to do this? They spoke of native trees and fruit trees that grow easily from seed. He spoke of lack of rain, and trees help hold in the moisture, plus encourage rain and ground water. Trees hold the topsoil and prevent erosion. Along with other methods such as swales, berms and catchments, land can be restored. This can be taught, and it doesn't take five years. Education and the tools (auger) to do the job are cheaper than paying someone for five years, and they have more control over what they plant. Mango, papaya, guava, loquat, avocado, mulberry and moringa are just a very few of the trees grown easily from seed in that area. People have a lot of cumulative power to convert land into food forests if they would just get out and do it without waiting for someone to give them money. But it does take education and a vision about what is possible.

[@humanbng7123]

That's great❤️

[@suyash7918]

Its a great video... Can you also discuss the economic model - where does this org get money to pay the farmers and plant saplings and how do they intend to recover it later? Is it purely grants based or it is economically sustainable as well?

[@maazkalim]

or is it for-profit, as* There! FTFY 😊

[@kalamani9175]

Good creative initiation. Hope 5 year payment includes inflation cost also. Who is paying for this and how?

[@baiyufan]

Good video scroll. This video is inspiring to all farmers

[@shujahasan4781]

Great efforts

[@myvillagefriends4344]

Ye hona chahie bahut achha laga

[@avanishtiwari3697]

I got a suggestion If possible try changing colours of the subtitles for non English content to a darker one instead of white It becomes hard to read on a light background

[@kragoth]

the white text just requires black outline, it'll be visible very easily; if the vid editor is reading plz take note

[@maazkalim]

Aesthetic, "@@kragoth"???

[@maazkalim]

non-English speech* There! FTFY 😊

[@asthikshet]

Why is that the documentaries have stopped? We need them more.

[@maazkalim]

Uh-huh?!? You do understand that they can't keep producing this series, like 12 months a year - no?

[@allanegleston4931]

interesting. should also include crop rotation and letting some of the land go fallow.

[@lindagates9150]

Why?

[@senthilkumarn4u]

Wow

[@vthilton]

Save Our Planet

[@409raul]

I'm kind of confused here. Where are they getting the money to pay the rent to the farmers?? Are they assuming that money just grows on the trees of the forests?

[@mohanrana8216]

Can I get contact of this group?

[@chaitanyareddymuthyala2967]

Landscape is same looking like Telangana's landscape , whole of deccan plateau has same problem

[@atulpj]

Are you interested in doing anything to change this?

[@chaitanyareddymuthyala2967]

I planted nearly 130 trees, including fruit trees , teak trees , neem trees, throughout my 15 acres of arid land , now my father grows paddy in all of the land, due to a new canal which changed our fate , credit goes to Telangana government

[@jagdishpradhan1386]

Nice

[@Deva2596]

How does their revenue model work? How are they arranging money to give to farmers?

[@409raul]

That's exactly my thought. May be they think money grows on trees

[@kragoth]

I'm really confused can sm1 Eli5 this video for me

[@Deva2596]

@@kragoth All their work is based on donations they receive from different social organisations.

[@kragoth]

@@Deva2596 Will this work? I know there are a lot of like minded people plus orgs but this isn't sustainable in the long run. Is there any way for this to actually work or expand

[@Deva2596]

@@kragoth I think it will be sustainable in the long run but they can't scale it high even l if they want to do so.

[@Prateek1323]

How the organisation is earning if the entire produce if of farmer? Anyways nice concept

[@arissaga7735]

First question is how much they are paying as rent. As in today's India money come first.

[@rajibsinha7334]

how can i contact and become member of your org.

[@maazkalim]

Which “org”???

[@rajutaware969]

Please give me any contact information this fondetion

[@maazkalim]

Bing® is your friend!°

[@sharmahariprasad1]

❤️

[@cryptoinvesting5364]

Invest in stock

[@replica1052]

ganesh davli invest in roof solar panels and charging infra structure

[@neeleshkumar8084]

Who will pay for this in future??

[@JAY-gy1vg]

Instead setup a factory there

[@atulpj]

I'm working on a similar project. I'm looking for people who are intrested in working on such regenerative farming solutions. Please ping me if you are.

[@narellemacpherson6451]

And Modi wants to enrich his friends by removing the guaranteed price farmers are paid for their crops, which will lead to further financial problems for them. Support India’s striking farmers against the removal of the guaranteed price for their crops!

[@govindayan]

What if big corporations pays more price to farmers in their farms than government markets.

[@narellemacpherson6451]

@@govindayan that’s a lie, Modi intends to let his friends clean up financially by undercutting the farmers by paying them next to nothing then selling at a higher price hence making them rich. This happens when a market is deregulated, the farmers always lose. Seen it happen to the milk and wool industries here in Australia, where a litre of water costs more than a litre of milk! Dairy farmers are losing so much money and many have exited the industry!

[@govindayan]

,@@narellemacpherson6451 Maybe you are right, but Modi government trying to make a double income of farmers by 2022. That is not an easy task when you have small farmers and 70 per cent of farmers have less than 1-acre (around 0.4 hectares) land. Already our farmers have less income in the 🌎. There is APMC market which is control by the state government, but they are not effective as small farmers, don't go there, to sell products as they have right to Minimum Price (MSP). There is always fraud and farmers new it. So farmers sell rice, wheat to another seller who is not a farmer and he sells it to APMC as he has connection. Central Government buys these products for around 25-30 Rs. per kg and distribute it to lower-income people for 2-3 Rs. KG. These many people sell it who is needed or use to feed animals.

[@govindayan]

1) as per APMC law, farmers must sell products in near APMC. If we have an open market then will sell it around the country where he gets a better price. 2) If farmers come together and form their group and do farming as a business and sell it anywhere. 3) Contract farming in the launched in many states, so farmers will get some right income. As we buy vegetables in India for around 40-60 Rs kg. But farmers, get only 4-5 Rs per Kg. Other money goes to the middleman or sellers. You will see farmers destroy the farm as he didn't get the right price. 4) Suicide is another problem. No one talking about this issue. Farmers take a loan and spent 4-5 lakh rupees to farm. But when he didn't get as expected income or loss he commits suicide. 5) Government buy rice and wheat and just sell to people which is low quality. You can see videos in which conditions of Indian godown you will see. As companies just don't sell products as a government but they do many products. So farmers will get more income. 15 years back a litre of milk was 10 Rs, but now around 40 (cow), 60 (Buffalo) is the price. My family sell coconut but in the same period prices not changed as milk, so our income becomes less.

[@narellemacpherson6451]

@@govindayan I’m sorry to hear the dreadful problems Indian farmers are having, however deregulating the cropping industries will made problems very much worse. Here in Australia the Dairy Industry has been deregulated and the smaller farms have failed. Woolworths a major Supermarket is abusing the system by paying $1/litre for milk! Bottled water costs more $3/Litre! The Dairy farmers who have some capital have formed cooperatives to sell their milk for $1.80/Litre, still not enough, but break even. It is disgusting how farmers are being treated here in Australia. The public will be screaming once no fresh milk for breakfast! It is so much worse for farmers in India, and you have my sincere condolences.I wish you and your family all the best as I do farmers all around the world, you are the unsung heroes. I’ve been conversing with Sikh peoples here whose family farm in UP, to keep updated on the struggles, they are holding a protest on 28th December in Brisbane at the King George Square. I hope for a positive outcome for you all, deregulation destroys, it also happened to our wool industry!

[@rushikeshsarap1604]

Just put our national flag and a foreigner in the thumbnail every Indian would rush to watch it (I wish I was joking)

[@bachasingh6720]

शानदार

[@maazkalim]

So.. To be sure: You want to turn this commenting-board/-forum into a stereotypical "KZbin® comments-section", RIIIGGGGHHHT? In addition to literally hundreds of off-topic #SPAM comments begging for "subscriptions" to even spam-URLs?

[@maazkalim]

English, "@@bachasingh6720"???