SANF GREENMENS PVT LTD- Need For Accommodation and Toilets On The Farm

Constructing a room in your farmland can help assist you or your workers through times of intense labour requirements, such as thinning and harvesting. This form of housing is expected to be minimal and communal in nature. When you set up the room, make sure it has the necessary amenities in place, such as a washbasin, toilet facility, a refrigerator unit, one unit stove, etc.

It is equally important that there are clean and accessible toilet facilities on the farm site for all workers and visitors to use. Proper field sanitation can significantly reduce the potential for contaminating produce and helps protect workers and consumers from foodborne diseases.

Location and Number of rooms and toilets

Toilet facilities and the room(s) should be in close proximity from all workers working in the fields. Toilets in your farmland should be separated from the growing fields by a barrier such as a field road, ditch, non-produce vegetation such as a hedgerow or shelter belt, or distant enough to prevent accidental spillage or flooding, which otherwise might contaminate production areas. There must be at least one toilet facility and one hand-washing facility in your farm.

Easy Accessibility

Location is of the most importance. The easier it is to use the toilets or rooms, the greater the likelihood that they will be used. Workers should always have the opportunity to use the toilets when they need to, not only when they are on break. Same applies for visitors when they visit your site. They should have easy access to the room. Having a toilet close by reduces the likelihood of workers using inappropriate locations, such as the produce growing fields and surrounding areas.

Other features for toilets

When setting up a toilet in your field, construct in areas where they will not cause contamination to produce growing and handling areas from runoff due to heavy rains or being accidentally knocked over. You should also not build the toilet near irrigation or wash water source areas, as you would not like to run the risk of polluting soil, water sources, produce, animals and workers with runoff from improperly constructed or located toilets. Keep the toilet(s) clean at all times and it should be well-supplied, such as hand-wash, soaps, enough hand towels for single use (paper or washable cloth) and a container for used hand towels. Schedule regular cleaning times and adjust cleaning frequency as required.

SANF has always encouraged farmers to use natural farming methods in their farming process for better outcomes, both in terms of their produce and finances. We can help you set up a robust Melia Dubia farm, in doing so we employ the following steps:

We start off by working on infrastructure first. In infrastructure,

• we first prepare a road inside the farmland for ease of moving with vehicles like bikes, tractors, etc. from one end to the other (so that the farmland isn’t disturbed in any way),
• then move towards fencing (SANF strongly recommends solar power fencing, there can be 8-12 galvanized wires (depending on the size of your land), which is strong, rust-resistant and multi-purposeful with a longevity of 12-15 years.),
• bore well (water purpose) (A bore well is a well that is drilled into the earth for retrieving water. Bore well recharge technique is one of the most affordable solutions of water harvesting in comparison to other water harvesting solutions.)
  • 2 inches bore-water with help of flood irrigation can cultivate up to 5 acres of Melia Dubia plantation,
  • 2 inches of bore-water with help of drip irrigation can cultivate 10 acres of Melia Dubia plantation,
  • In Melia Dubia plantation, proper watering is vital when growing plants in initial stage,
• then we set up drip irrigation,
• then we set up a godown or warehouse for storage purpose to easily access equipment, important machinery, fertilizers (SANF makes sure to set up the right kind of unit- using the strongest materials possible- to house a fleet of agricultural machines and have plenty of room to move them to and from.),
• we’ll install a small lab in your farmland, where we will produce natural fertilizers. SANF follows natural farming methods only, we completely rely on the fertilizers that we prepare ourselves,
• lastly, we encourage setting up a room(s) and toilet(s) (one general toilet and one individual toilet) (Number of rooms and toilets will depend on the size of project, for example, if the project is for 100 acres, at least 2 teams of caretakers need to be put up, accordingly we’ll build the rooms, for the project manager, caretaker to put up as and when necessary. You can either go ahead with tin-asbestos room (fixed room), or contact companies to get fiber rooms (portable cabins) installed directly in your farm.).

# Room and toilet set-up

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