Families can earn additional income by selling produce
from their increased agricultural production. Families also can save
money by growing more of their own food though the use of multi-purpose
trees and family gardens.
The
technologies described in this pamphlet have been “field-tested” at an
experimental farm maintained at the GYTTE Training Center in
Tlancualpican, Mexico. This
farm demonstrates the successful implementation of these methods
under
similar restraints of climate, soil conditions and limited water
resources as well as using the same local resources available to rural
families.
Our goal
is that through the witness of these successes and through the teaching
of these technologies, rural people will be encouraged and empowered to
improve
the condition of their own lands and share this new-found knowledge
within
their communities and families.
The GYTTE staff teach villagers soil and
water conservation techniques to help convert eroded hillsides into
productive agricultural land. Some of the courses offered include:
Agricultural production is improved by adding nutrients back into the
soil. In the interest of environmental protection as well as using
resources available to rural families, the GYTTE program teaches the
use of organic fertilizers like green manure, livestock manure and
compost. 