A small farmer of village Bhimal (Mavli-I) Sh. Dharm
Lal Gadari S/o Sh. Nathu Ji Gadari has 3.2 ha fragmented land with one open
well. Due to fragmented and undulating land holding he cultivated only 3.0 ha land
in kharif season and 1.5 ha in rabi season. Before NAIP intervention he
grew maize and wheat. After fulfilling his family requirement he hardly sold
cereals worth Rs. 20-25 thousand in a year. To fulfill his family’s need he
purchased 5 buffaloes by taking loan from money lender and bank. But NAIP
brought prosperity to him through seed replacement and crop diversification. After
NAIP intervention he first time replaced seed of wheat with HYV Raj-3077 and
harvested 11 q wheat from 0.2 ha (1 bigha) land whereas earlier he could
harvest only 4-5 q wheat from same piece of land. Looking to the potential of
improved varieties, he introduced hybrid maize in 0.2 ha and harvested 8.5 q
maize whereas earlier productivity from same piece of land was only 3.0 – 3.5
q. He decided to adopt only HYV’s and hybrids of crops in his all fields.
Further under water management
intervention, he was provided 20 HDPE pipes from the project. This helped him
in achieving productivity of wheat 65 q/ha and maize 54 q/ha. He increased
irrigated area during rabi by
purchasing more pipes from market. He started Bt. cotton cultivation and is harvesting
cotton of value Rs. 25000/- from 0.2 ha. With increased income he purchased
more buffaloes and now he is having 15 buffaloes. He also purchased all
necessary farm implements, bike, dug tube well and constructed new house. His
wards are studying at Udaipur. In his
own words “Earlier I had debt, but now I
have bank deposit of Rs. 1.0 lakh and my yearly net saving is Rs. 1.5 lakh.
Thanks to NAIP for this change.”
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