The farmers of Bastar are moving towards becoming self-sufficient by adopting advanced farming techniques. Shri Sridhar, a farmer of village Chilkuti in block development Jagdalpur, took economic development by taking advantage of departmental schemes related to agriculture. Sridhar owns about 4 acres of arable land. In which, due to lack of irrigation, they used to take paddy crop only in kharif. At the same time, due to the rainfed farming, they could not get even the desired production. Under the Agriculture Department scheme, farmer Shridhar got the tube well mined, consequently, he is getting extra income by cultivating paddy in Kharif and peas in Rabi, sunflower, groundnut, maize and other greens. Sprinklers, drip systems for irrigation have also been installed by them.
Farmer Shri Sridhar informed that under the guidance of the officers of the Agriculture Department, under the Haritkranti scheme last year, he planted a line of paddy in 01 hectare by transplanting method. Also, based on the recommendation of soil health card obtained after soil testing, by managing fertilizers, food and micro nutrients, more production was achieved than before. He informed that the expenditure on fertilizer and fertilizer earned more income and reduced the revenue by selling paddy at the price fixed by the state government and earned about 90 thousand. Farmer Sridhar says that cultivation of intercropping and mixed cropping system, compared to a crop, provides additional benefits along with food security. Sridhar informed that under the spirit scheme of Agriculture Department in the current Rabi, sowing of advanced technology of peas, groundnuts and sunflowers under the guidance of departmental officers. Which is likely to bring additional benefits this year. Sridhar, a farmer of small village Chilkuti, is today moving towards becoming self-sufficient by adopting new technology.
