Kopaveli women home garden

Although
the Corona virus influenced many sectors badly, it has taught a lesson to the
people in the world to rethink about the existing systems because existing
strategies have failed face to the crucial situation like Corona Pandemic. The
world should change the existing system or explore new strategies to survive
the world. It has realized that small scale producers have a potential to
survive facing to the challenges in the liberal market. The concept of
self-sufficient has been taken in to the discussion table in exploring new
ideologies to the world. Civil societies, expertise, religious leaders,
community leaders and those who wish to see a new world have started a
conversation to identify new strategies with new ideology to face the challenge
and create a new society based on the lesson learnt of the pandemic.

Self-sufficient
unit is one of the components which have been identified to develop in building
the society in the new world. Food sovereignty of the people should be ensured
in order to maintain the community in the proper way.  National Fisheries Solidarity Movement has
initiated being bound the all appropriate stakeholders in innovating a new path
for the dream world as an option for the existing systems.

Developing
the home gardens based on the small lands plays a supportive role to build
self- sufficient unit. National Fisheries Solidarity Movement has been
promoting home garden for more than 20 years under the principle of Food
Sovereignty. Betticalo District Fisheries Solidarity facilitates their small
groups and members to develop home gardens in village level. The women group of
Kopaveli has developed their lands as home gardens with the direction of the
organization. It has reported that women earn extra income from the home garden
while they are consuming fresh and healthy food. Miss. Nirosha, Animator of
Betticalo District Fisheries Solidarity often visits the women group and advice
them to maintain the home garden as well.