Some villages in the Sunderbans area of West Bengal are very backward. The farmers here are unable to earn their livelihood from farming. In such a situation, animal husbandry can become a main source of additional income for them. Deepali Biswas, a resident of Sandelarbil village in Sunderbans, has achieved success by rearing goats with scientific techniques.
ICAR-DMR scientists worked on this technique for three years. He says that this technique will give more benefits than traditional methods in mushroom cultivation.
Salikram was born on 26 September 2000 in an ordinary farmer family. His family had limited land and income from traditional farming was also less. From childhood, he learned the basic aspects of farming while working in the fields.
Farmer Praveen has 1.69 hectares of cultivable land. Earlier, Praveen used to cultivate only Ragi, Maize, Potato and Coconut, from which he used to earn around 47 thousand annually. Know how he increased his income?
The demand for nutritious traditional cereals like jowar, bajra was gradually decreasing. This caused loss to both the farmers and the common people. Hence Veer Shetty fraternity of Telangana not only cultivated coarse cereals on a large scale, but also made it popular by making it a value addition product.