Prosperity due to cotton cultivation – Bheru Singh

For Bheru Singh, a small farmer of a village, Jharna (Mavli-I), NAIP provided good opportunity to became rich farmer. He has 1.5 ha agricultural land and hardly fulfilled needs of family by growing maize and wheat with traditional practices. According to him he never produced surplus more than 3-4 q wheat and 2-3 q maize in his life prior to NAIP.  By the use of HYV’s and scientific cultivation practices, he is produced 50 q surplus wheat and maize. He had never seen such bumper production and never dream of it. Looking to the bumper yield of maize and wheat he desired for cash crops. Under NAIP, support was provided to him for Bt. cotton cultivation. He cultivated cotton crop in 0.12 ha area and harvested cotton worth Rs. 20000/-. Thereafter, he adopted cotton cultivation in more area. Now he raises cotton seedlings in polyhouse prior to monsoon and transplant in the field after onset of monsoon. Looking to the success of cotton crop more than 250 farmers adopted cotton cultivation, whereas earlier no farmer was cultivating this crop. Due to adoption of cash crop and quality seed along with improved cultural practices he became prosperous and his annual income from agriculture is more than Rs. 1.8 lakh.