{"id":1896,"date":"2026-07-19T01:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T01:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newstep-nepal.edu.np\/?p=1896"},"modified":"2026-07-19T01:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T01:42:20","slug":"national-paddy-day-2025-scti-students-champion-food-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newstep-nepal.edu.np\/?p=1896","title":{"rendered":"National Paddy Day 2025: SCTI Students Champion Food Security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sindhuli Community Technical Institute (SCTI) marked the 22nd National Paddy Day with great enthusiasm, uniting instructors and trainees to honor the value of rice farming. Through hands-on activities, the event highlighted the role of paddy cultivation in ensuring food security and self-reliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event supports several sustainability objectives under NEWSTEP&#8217;s Work Package 5: encouraging students toward paddy cropping to enhance zero hunger and food security (SDG 2), motivating agro-farming for sustainable income generation (SDG 1 and SDG 11), and developing teamwork skills among students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Activities like this reflect NEWSTEP&#8217;s broader commitment to embedding sustainability into everyday learning \u2014 connecting classroom knowledge with practical, community-rooted action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sindhuli Community Technical Institute (SCTI) marked the 22nd National Paddy Day with great enthusiasm, uniting instructors and trainees to honor the value of rice farming. Through hands-on activities, the event highlighted the role of paddy cultivation in ensuring food security and self-reliance. 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