Success Stories

I.Green Gold : Berseem Fodder

Shri Ram Lochan Patel (a progressive farmer of Jabalpur district) today is highly successful agri entrepreneur earning about Rs.393 Lakh  in a year. He was inspired to grow the commercial production of fodder berseem with innovative ideas of his elder son Mr. Sandeep Patel whos is educated B.Com (MBA). He take the land on Sikami for the purpose of berseem production from other farmer @Rs.11000/acre for one year.
He gets technical consultancy and advice from KVK (7 KM away from his house). After, consultation and advice of the scientists of KVK, he started this Job during Oct-Nov 2013. He hired 12 acre land as Sikami @Rs.11000/-acre and purchased necessary material like seed, fertilizer, fungicide etc.

Sowing and Management of Crop
Seed was sown @Rs.30 Kg/ha along with fertilizer doses 30:60:30 kg/ha. Seed was sown after the treatment with fungicide, Thiram + Bavistine 2:1 g/Kg, Rhizobium and PSB. He engaged the contractual laboures on the basis of work allot for cutting of fodder. He takes five cuttings in all. Crop was irrigated at an interval of 20 days hence in all 10 irrigation was done in addition to sowing irrigation.

Farm Resources
He has required resources at his farm such as motor pump, sprinkalor set, seed drill and hired tractor as per the need. He has plan to occupy more land under fodder berseem cultivation during coming winter season and for the summer and Kharif season he had planned to grow mize during summer and multicut fodder for the Kharif season.

Fodder Production and Expenditure/returns
He engaged 20 labourers on the basis of work contract for cutting of fodder and loading. The cutting of fodder and yield quantity/acre/cutting are given below;

II. Grow Linseed under rainfed situations for increasing productivity of the system

Production (q/ha) of cropping system

 
Economics of cropping system

III. Raised bed planting of chickpea during rabi season along with use of bio-inoculants

Shri Manish Pandey, Sehora block of Jabalpur was growing chick pea without seed treatment on flat bed using seed rate i.e. 100kg/ha with simple seed drill caused mortality of plant due to Fusarium wilt. With help KVK, he used raised bed planting of chickpea during rabi season along with use of bio-inoculants.

Outcome

IV.Backyard poultry farming for income generation

Shri Ramphal unemployed person belonging to the village Berkheda, Kundam, Jabalpur and seek the support from ATMA through KVK and got 150 chicks and started a small semi-intensive poultry unit comprises of 400 coloured birds with the technical help of KVK 64 percent birds were survived during the period of four months of rearing. The average body weight of coloured birds were recorded periodically from 3rd to 16th week of age. The birds gained an average body weight of 23 g per day and the average body weight reached 2.7 kg at 16 weeks age. He sold 96 birds @Rs.450/bird in local market and neighboring villages. The gross income was Rs 43200/- and the expenditure was Rs11300 including chicks cost, feed, transport, cost of housing, etc. Thereby, he earned a net benefit of Rs.31,900.

V. Vermi-composting and food processing – An example of success for other farm women

Smt. Ranjeeta Patel who was housewife and working with her husband at her agricultural farm. She came in the contact of KVK Scientists and successfully completed skill development training on vermicomposting during 2016-17 organised by KVK.  In 2017, she started vermicomposting by her own resources. She is using the dung of her 3 buffaloes and farm waste and preparing enriched Vermi compost using bio culture. She is earning Rs.48000/annum  by vermicomposting. By the processing of milk in form of ghee, she is earning Rs.3600/month. Apart from the above, she formed a SHG named Maa Bhawani Swasahayta Samooh. The members of the group involved in processing of pulses mainly blackgram, greengram, seasonal fruits, etc and preparing Badi, Papad, Chips, Savai, Pickles, etc. and earning Rs.4650/ month/member.
Now she is the role model for other farm women of the village and nearby areas.