Struggle and understanding are becoming strong links of the house by defeating the odd situation. One such woman is Kalavati Mandal, who hails from Shabda village of Falaka block area.
She not only raised the family from a delicate gardener and debt, but is leading the life of self -respect today. Kalavati has cultivated dragon fruit by taking group loans from livelihood. He made a fierce meat in it and sweated the fields. Due to which the lock of his luck went open.
Today, one and a half to two lakh rupees in a year are earning. According to female farmer Kalavati, the first house was very critical. The situation was that people used to hesitate to give loans. When the situation worsened from bad, he decided to do something himself.
After which Kalavati took a loan from the Jeevika Group and started cultivating dragon fruit. Dragon repaid the loan and group loan before the fruit earnings. Now she is raising domestic expenses and children children and is teaching them.
Learned farming from YouTube
He got the inspiration of Kalavati Dragon Fruit Farming from YouTube. He started farming dragon fruit by watching the video from YouTube. Her husband supported this work. Right now she cultivates dragon fruit in only 10 katthas. She also does mixed farming in the cultivation of dragon fruit. From April to November, the plant gets fruit.
No market shortage
Kalavati Devi said that there is no shortage of market for dragon fruit rich in drug elements. When the fruit is ready, there is no problem in selling it. Fruit businessmen reach here to shop themselves. Right now, from three hundred rupees to four hundred rupees per kg is being sold.
Kalavati said that the cost of cost is decreased year after year. One and a half lakhs were spent in the first year plant. The spending was reduced to a quarter of the second year. In the fourth and fifth year, it is costing much less than the first year. There is a profit of 30 thousand to 40 thousand rupees per katha from this farming.
Dragon fruit cultivation requires temperature normal and loam and sand mixed fields. Which is available here and is suitable for dragon farming. It can be cultivated successfully in Falaka block area. Pawan Kumar, Block Agricultural Officer
