Kabuli Chana: Today’s era is of multitasking farming. Farmers are being motivated to adopt crop diversification to double their income. Farmers of Madhya Pradesh are also fast adopting mixed and intermediate farming. These include Satyapal Baghel, a farmer of Lakhanwada development block of Seoni district, who has a total of 4.5 acres of land. In this, Satyapal has adopted crop diversification. Chickpea is being cultivated in 2.5 acres of land. This is not a common chickpea, but bigger in size, white in color and smoother than the outer shell. This is Pusa-3022 variety, whose seed was procured by farmer Satyapal from Pusa Delhi itself.
Earning thousands from improved farming
Of course, farmer Satyapal Baghel has less land, but by doing smart farming on it, he has made a brilliant plan to earn a lot of money. Actually, instead of sowing gram in a simple way, 5 feet wide beds are made in the field with the help of bed maker, after this, gram is sown in two rows with the help of advanced agricultural machine pneumatic plant.
Meanwhile, the distance from line to line is kept at 1.5 feet. In this way it has also become easy to manage the crop. Farmer Satyapal Baghel has now become very popular among the officials of the Agriculture Department and also among the agricultural scientists. Many officers are reaching his farm to observe.
Earned 96,000 rupees from 1 acre
When the officers and scientists of agriculture department reached the farm of farmer Satyapal Baghel, they found that he could produce 13-14 quintals of gram from 1 acre. , which will earn an income of Rs 96,000 if sold in Indore market. If the cost of cultivation is excluded from this, then Satyapal Singh will have a net income of 85,000.
The good thing is that Satyapal Singh had cultivated kharif maize before cultivating gram, instead of burning its roots, it was mixed with the soil with the help of mulcher. In this way the amount of organic carbon in the soil increased and bumper crop production was achieved.
Vegetable cultivation through crop diversification
The model of earning thousands from 4.5 acres is nothing but crop diversification. Along with gram cultivation, Satyapal Baghel is also cultivating tomato, potato and garlic. This is an example of crop diversification. Today, seeing the spirit of Satyapal Baghel, other farmers are getting inspired. This is a great model to double the income of farmers.
Disclaimer: Some of the information given in the news is based on media reports. Farmer brothers, before implementing any suggestion, do consult the concerned expert.
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