How terrace farmimg done?

The practice of terrace farming requires filling gunny bags or pots with a mixture of two parts of soil, one part of sand and one part of vermicompost ( or any other organic manure like dried cowdung, poultry manure or goat manure, depending on its availability). These are placed on bricks put on the terrace to avoid direct contact with terrace surface. Many different vegetables can be planted in gunny bags. Crop rotation is advised to reduce pest population and irrigation needs to be done carefully so that water will not drain on to the terraces. If all family members go away they are recommented to place water-filled plastic bags with pinholes on the plants. Vermicompost, dried cowdung, ordinary compost or neem cake are used for periodical manuring. Some families also grow certain crops under greenhouses. Many families also stretch tarpaulin sheets to provide shade in the terrace, under which chickens can be raised in small sheds. Other households have opted for growing azolla in tanks made using tarpaulin. These bluegreen algae are used as mulch and manure for the plants and also as poultry feed. Apart from using soap solution, pests are also controlled manually or by using botanical pesticides like tobacco decoction, neem kernal suspension, neem oil-garlic emulsions, or bit-traps. Pest incidence is not severe as the terraces get a lot of direct sun light.