Nirmal Sarkar is one of our most successful organic farmers and one of the key campaigners of Sustainable agriculture in Baduria Block. He has10 cutta organic vegetable plots adjacent to his house and he and his wife Usha Sarkar look after these. He got a number of trainings from Swanirvar and he had successfully implemented these concepts in his field. He also has a small vegetable shop in the local market. His vegetables are very popular and customers are ready to pay higher prices for his products.
In 2008, he attended in a workshop on ‘production of some vegetables with little care’ – organized by Swanirvar and after that he made a trial plots with 200 sq ft areas adjacent to his vegetable plots.
He planted Black colocasia, Indian Spinach, colocasis root, bitter gourd and green Amaranth in his plot. In 2009, he got a good return from his field. He also got vegetables in March-April ( in dry season) and realized that to produce these vegetable a little care was enough but he got a good return out of these. His trial plot had inspired a number of farmers in Baduria and Swarupnagar Blocks. His expenditure and income statements are given below.
Expenditure:
Black colocasia seeds 20 kg - 140.00
colocasis root seeds 6 kg 84.00
Indian Spinach seeds 2.00
bitter gourd seeds 5.00
2 labour 160.00
Vermicompost & Ash 17 kg 85.00
Misc 50.00
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TOTAL 526.00
Income :
Black colocasia 110 kg - 1280.00
colocasis root 20 kg 320.00
Indian Spinach 30kg 240.00
bitter gourd 5 kg 185.00
Green Amaranth 30.00
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TOTAL 2655.00
Net Profit : Rs. 2129.00
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