ABSTRACT

India is primarily an agriculture dependent country. Despite good geographical locations and natural resources, due to the lack of advanced technology and resources, the agricultural sector has not progressed as it should have had . After independence, with research and experiment conducted by agricultural scientists, the production of the crops like wheat, paddy, pearl millet and other related crops multiplied manifold times. This addressed the food requirements, but the income of farmers is still lagging behind.

BACKGROUND OF THE CASE STUDY

In Saharanpur, traditional methods are used for farming of potato, paddy and pearl millet, among other related things.Apart from not using advanced technologies for crop production, reliance on traditional irrigation methods and unbalanced use of chemicals and fertilizers are commonly observed. Even for soil conservation, technology was unavailable. The availability of technology for soil conservation was absent.

OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE OF THE CASE STUDY

The objective is to incorporate new technologies in horticulture or production of fruits, and vegetables. This can bring significant increase in farmers’ income.

KEY FEATURES

The farmers who were included in the initiative used organic fertilizers while preparing the soil. This conserved the soil and also reduced dependence on chemical fertilizers. As a result, much better results were obtained as compared to traditional cropping. These experiments were new to the district andthe farmers appreciated them.

RESULTS:

For the first time in the district, Shri Madan Mohan Upadhyay, a resident of Ajitmal Block, under the guidelines of the horticulture department, has planted Apple Ber plants and Banana plants in an area of two hectares (one hectare for each crop). Mulching sheets were used for moisture conservation and weed control.

Key Features

Through the Seed and Planting Material (SMSP) program of the Government of India (GoI), Komalika Farmers Producers Company Ltd., received a subsidy of 60 lakh rupees to establish a seed storage go-down and seed processing plant at the Gram Panchayat level.

RESULT

The FPO produced rice, wheat, mustard, and potato crops and also marked a turnover of more than 3.25 crore rupees in the Financial Year 2021-22. The seed production and sales by Komalika Farmer Producer Company Ltd., for 2021-22 is as given below-

For the first time in the district, Shri Mahesh Chandra, a resident of Bidhuna Block, has planted Capsicum plant in an area of 0.6 hectares under the guidelines of the horticulture department

Under the guidelines of the horticulture department, Smt. Sukhrani, a resident of the Luhiyapur village of the Auraiya Block, planted marigold, rose, and bijli (local name) plants in an area of 0.6 hectares.

Fig 1.2 Farmland of Smt. Sukhran