Dileep Kumar Singh from Rohtaz district of Bihar’s Rohtaz district earns Rs. There was a time when they used to sell vegetables in the markets, but for the past 32 years, they have not only maintained their family by farming on rental land, but also become an employment for many families. According to Dikumar Singh, he only rented the barren land, where the crop did not grow. They cultivate vegetables by making the land fertile.
Left left, farmers became farmers
Dilip Kumar Singh, who lives in Mahdikanj village in Rohdas district, says he had to leave his studies after the intermediate due to financial restrictions. He worked to sell vegetables in the market to earn a life from 1990 to 1993, but when it did not improve the financial status of the family, he leased 2 acres of barren in the village of Mishirpur, the Sasaram constituency. Due to the barren land, they received this land at a cheap ratio. He made good profit in early agriculture, after which he expanded vegetable cultivation, and today he cultivates more than 50 acres of land.
50 acres of barren lands are fertile
According to Dileep Singh, since 1994, he has created about 50 acres of land from the bar. All these lands have been leased, and people have previously been useless. Along with this land, they produce 3 to 4 tonnes of vegetables per day and 12 to 15 tonnes and off-seas. These vegetables are shipped to many states of the country. He has expanded agriculture in villages like Kroych, Dayalpur, Lalganj, Neema, Kota, Suma and Sasaram Black’s Jayanagar, near their ancestral village.
Only one -fourth of income spends for the family
Dileep Singh cultivates seasonal and premature vegetables. They grow vegetables such as tomatoes, oakra, cauliflower, brinjal, potatoes, onions, chillies, chickpeas, bitter chickpeas and capsicum. With this, their annual income is about Rs 25 lakh. But they spend only 6 to 7 lakh rupees for the family, and the remaining amount is spent on the fertility of the land and the research of new vegetables. Every year, thousands of workers get employment directly or indirectly in their farming.
Got respect for innovation
After joining Krishi Vijayan Kendra, Rohtaz and Pikramkanj in 2004, Dilip Singh learned many new techniques in vegetable cultivation. Varanasi and Boo from the Horticulture Department of the Indian Vegetable Research Institute (IIVR). He accepted innovations such as crop, mixed-crop, timely prevention and treatment, three-tier management system of human resources and effective labor management. Government of Bihar, Bihar Agricultural University (Sabur), Rajendra Agricultural University (Busa), KVK In 2012-13, he was awarded the Valuable Jagjivan Ram Abhinav Kisan Award by ICAR of New Delhi.
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