Jackfruit Farming In Vidarbha

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During the last two years jackfruit has emerged as a super food for its multiple health benefits he says.

Jackfruit farming in vidarbha. Similarly favourable conditions to tap the creativity of farmers could emerge even in several villages of crisis ridden Vidarbha region where a project titled the Integrated Sustainable. For 37-Year-old MBA graduate Mr Sharathchandra Bose from Kottayam Kerala his life and career revolved around the advertisement sector. Raw jackfruit sells well in Nagpur Vidarbhas biggest city.

Application of well rotten cow dung or compost from own farm 2-3 tonne acre may be given as basal dose while planting rhizomes in the pits. Right now we have over 400 trees and within a couple of years jackfruit will become a staple in Kerala. This year he sold 500 trees for Rs 20 each earning Rs 10000.

With long rows of small trees many of them bearing fruits the farm is expected to produce huge volumes of the crop in two years. A tour to Vidarbha had two objectives. Many farmers from my village now grow two to three jackfruit trees he adds.

Uke says jackfruit has the potential to enhance the economic and nutritional status of Vidarbhas farmers. Abhishek bought a 3-acre land on June 24 2016 at Tona village in South 24 Parganas district which is 40 km from Kolkata. Which is very useful for meeting their food needs while also maintaining soil fertility on land.

He is earning extra money by selling saplings to fellow farmers. In Vidarbha eco-friendly low-cost farming the way to go for sustainable food security. The portal has taken this challenge to take farmers struggles and efforts to the mainstream of Indias growth story.

They have cities such as Nagpur where jackfruit is eaten as a substitute for meat. Vanyas food products. How to make it.

He said that making a kilogram of jackfruit halwa requires a kilogram of jackfruit bulbs 400 grams of sugar and 75 grams of ghee. Cutting jackfruit is an onerous task but in Sri Lanka it has been perfected. First put the clean bulbs to a.

Ever since then things changed quickly. Mostly for a good crop and maximum output the farmers are using natural fertilizers animal dungs and avoid using chemicals or other harmful pesticides. All that the tree requires in return is periodic flood irrigation and one or two manure applications he says.

Dairying has turned in as the ray of hope to ease farmers distress with NDDBs initiatives enhancing the income of more than 91000 farmers. But things took a different turn when the concept of poison free vegetable invaded his thoughts. Uke says jackfruit has the potential to enhance the economic and nutritional status of Vidarbhas farmers.

Many farmers from my village now grow two to three jackfruit trees he adds. A fecund jackfruit tree fetches a farmer Rs. It was believed that such soil was not suitable for jackfruit.

Turmeric needs heavy manuring. He is earning extra money by selling saplings to fellow farmers. National Dairy Development Board NDDB is working with Government of Maharashtra to implement Vidarbha and Marathwada Dairy Development Project VMDDP which is transforming the lives of small and marginal dairy farmers in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra.

There are farmers even in the perennially-drought-affected Vidarbha in Maharashtra who earn Rs 5000-10000 by selling jackfruit locally as a vegetable. Echoes Abhisheks farm and the little hut where he stays currently. M Suchitra reports James Mathew a farmer in Keralas Palakkad district has earned the nickname Chakka root word for jack James because of his obsession with jackfruit.

Since jackfruit can easily survive droughts pests and diseases it has a big potential to provide food security and generate rural livelihood. This year he sold 500 trees for Rs 20 each earning Rs 10000. From Advertising to Animal Husbandry.

Raw jackfruit sells well in Nagpur Vidarbhas biggest city. He named his farm Echoes after Abhisheks favourite song by Pink Floyd which portrays a revolution. Similarly favourable conditions to tap the creativity of farmers could emerge even in several villages of crisis ridden Vidarbha region where a project titled the Integrated Sustainable Agricultural Programme INSAP was implemented by a voluntary organization YUVA-Rural.

A sister organisation Vanya has also been formed to promote livelihood aspects. The magazine wanted to see and document how jackfruit trees had come up on black cotton soil.

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