CASE STUDY 9: TRAINING INCREASE PRODUCTION

Resident of village Amta, Shankar, a tribal is a marginal farmer has 5 bighas land out of which 60% are moderately sloppy. For a family of five  it was difficult to survive on such a small patch of less productive land, which led them to migrate to Barddhaman for construction work. However, his fortunes started to change with his association with tribal development project under NABARD’s project, wherein 40 mango saplings and 100 others were planted on his 2 Bighas steeply-sloppy-barren-land. Mango production soon started to add around 15,000 per annum in the family income and allowed his children to join the local private school. In the year 2016, Shankar got an opportunity to visit Purilia and to learn about Broccoli cultivation. He liked the idea very much and developed Broccoli saplings for his area. He harvested around 10 KG Broccoli which added additional 5000 to his family income. Now, apart from the regular farm activities, they cultivate vegetables throughout the year.