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Jharkhand Farmer: Vikas Prasad, a successful farmer of Jharkhand, is writing a new story of success through farming. He started it with the cultivation of marigold flower after taking training from Krishi Vigyan Kendra. Today he is the chairman of FPO. Apart from this, he gives training to the nearby farmers on better farming.
Agriculture in the country (Agriculture) is becoming a powerful medium of employment. This is the reason why people are coming in this profession and getting good income also. Apart from this, they are also making new discoveries by themselves. One such farmer from Chanho block of Jharkhand (Farmer) is Vikas Prasad. Who are writing a new success story through farming. Vikas himself not only does good farming, but also informs the farmers around his village about farming with advanced technology. Panchayat elections held this year (Jharkhand Panchayat Chunav 2022) also he got the support and support of the farmers, due to which this time his wife has won the election for the post of Panchayat Samiti.
Vikas Prasad belongs to a farmer family. Since childhood, he saw it happening in the house and also shared his hand with his father in the farm work. After completing his studies, he again came back to farming. He started farming from the year 2017. traditional crops (Traditional CropsLeaving the cultivation of ) he chose new crops so that he could earn well. Vikas Prasad contacted Krishi Vigyan Kendra Ranchi and first started cultivating marigold flower. Since then he never looked back. However, he told that this time he could not cultivate flowers due to busy in Panchayat elections.
This time the cultivation of oats was done
Vikas told that this time he had cultivated oats in 10 acres of land. It is used with dry flowers. The order to cultivate oats was given to him by a company in Kolkata. Who exported oats to Dubai. Apart from this, at present, cauliflower, tomato, cucumber and sweet corn are planted in the field of development. Also, now he is preparing for paddy cultivation. In addition to the traditional and aromatic paddy cultivation in paddy cultivation, hybrid paddy is cultivated.
Supporting farmers by helping FPOs
Vikas Kumar tells that he has formed a Farmer Producer Company. There are about 300 farmer members in this FPO, operated in the name of Baba Jaleshwar Nath Producer Company. Together they cultivated tisi and oats. Due to this, the farmers have made good profits. Apart from this, planning was going on to cultivate sweet corn, but due to not getting better prices, they are not doing it at the moment. The chairman of the FPO, Vikas Prasad himself, tells that work is also being done in his village regarding the seed village. However, it is not working fast yet.
benefits of government schemes
Vikas Kumar is a progressive farmer, so he has also got a Shednet and Packhouse under the government scheme. At the same time, he encourages the farmers around him to do organic farming. At present, he cultivates in his 10 acres of land, in which he earns thousands of rupees by selling flowers only. Apart from this, there is a separate income from the cultivation of vegetables.
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