“I don’t know why
village youth leaving farming and going for cities for jobs, if they have
enough land they can earn, no such a way like farming to earn money in a piece
way. they can earn more than where they can earn in cities, just they need to
grasp the new technologies in farming which make their work easy way.” these words
given by Mr Sadananda, who is being developed integrated farming about 2.5
akers, land near to Tapsihalli village, Doddaballapur and earning more than 7
lacks per anum. He won many awards for farming like “KRUSHI PANDIT”, from sate
and central Governments. All of his family members were work together for this
form; his son quit his practice of lawyer job and come back to cultivation.
Mr. Sadananda is in
farming since 12 years, where earlier he working in ‘Eascorts company’ before.
He quit job and started as cultivation as a passion and continued with single
crop for 6 years, after that he meet with a professor at UNIVERSITY OF
AGRICULTURE SCIENCES and requested for guidance for integrated farming. At the
same time universities had a plan to adopt some villages for the development of
agriculture in easier ways. Then the professor started guidance for him, within
two years he grasped the techniques for integrated farming and utilized in a
proper plan with a commercial aspects. Now he became a advisory board member
for some agriculture universities in Karnataka and he also became as a idol
person in their neighbor villages. Many of farmers being come there for his
suggestions to implement in their respecting farms. More than 40 countries of
professors from various universities of agriculture sciences visited this form
and appreciated his work of plan.
Integrated farming
is nothing but cultivating more than one type of crop at time. As a part of integrated
farming he cultivating Rose flowers, garlic, been, cucumber, beans, karalla,
watermelon, coffee etc. along with this betel nut mangos, lemon, chakota, jock fruit, mosambee,
coconut, banana, jock fruit, a small pond for fishing and a small poultry containing general
chickens. All these products being utilized by his family also.
Nothing is waste in the cultivation……….
He developed a
systematic way for cultivation in this integrated farm and utilizing each and
every thing. He is having two cows which give 18 liters of milk approximately. Eight
years back he established one gobar gas plant with just 15 thousands of one
time investment here after they didn’t used one gas cylinder till now for their
daily need to cooking food in home. Wormy compost established in this farm to
develop natural compost utilizing
Wastage which comes from gas plant. Most probably they will use only
organic fertilizers, chemical fertilizers also using in a limited manner with
gives extra support for plants. He is developing feed for all local bodies
which were in this form. He cultivating these crops by utilizing each and every
drop of water in a certain timing where ground water level is very low, having
power supply for only five hours a day where normal way cannot manageable. Mr.
sadananda said that he is ready to come anywhere in India to give guidance for
farmers, having a great wish that each and every farmer in the villages needs
to develop the cultivation with a new ideal, meanwhile India also develops
where cultivation is the main assert for India.
….reported on 25-02-2013 by sandeep varanasi posted on23/04/2013
