SUCCESS STORY OF A FARMER-2

NAME-CHINTAMANI SAHOO
AGE- 54 Years
VILLAGE- Jhimiripali
G.P.- Dimiria
BLOCK- Pallahara
DISTRICT- Angul
PH NO- 94371 68185
TITLE- Integrated Farming System

A farmer of Angul district, pallahara block, named Chintamani Sahoo of village

Jhimiripali practicing farming very successfully which includes paddy
cultivation, Sweet corn, fruit orchard (mango, guava, Banana, coconut),
vegetable (Pumpkin, Onion, garlic ), pulses (Arhar, black gram, green gram ). In
addition to this a good animal component of goats, cows, bullocks and a farm
pond for fish cultivation was also established by him .
PREVIOUS SCENARIO VS CURRENT SCENARIO
He was an ex-serviceman and he started farming in the year 2014. Long before
that his father used to do farming . The area was not that well developed at that
time, there was problem of electricity (leading to irrigation problem), no well-
developed road for transportation, no market facilities and many more. His farm
area was not in a good condition. In 2014 he started farming, developed, and
modernized his farm to a great extent. Established bore well, drip irrigation,
store house and obtained many machineries with subsidy. Currently growing
paddy which is a stable source of income. Income from fruit orchard is also
quite good with a good farm pond of 70 decimel area for fish cultivation.
Despite of having lot of problems, he is developing day by day with his efforts.
SUPPORT OBTAINED
  Benefited under PMKSY (Drip), KALIA yojana, Agriculture loan etc.
 Obtained planting material for mango, coconut, guava and banana from
AHO office , Pallahara . Farm pond scheme beneficiary
INCOME-
From farm-4-5 lakh/ annum
Total farm area- 15 acres(approx.)
PADDY:-
Total area- 5 acre
Investment -30,000/-
Income- 90K/year
Problem- rainfall, irrigation
Guava-
Total area- 1 acre
Income- 50k/ year
FARM POND FISH CULTIVATION –
Area-70 decimel
Income-50k/year
OTHER INCOME -
Banana(1/2acre)-10k/year
Pineapple (1/2 acre)- 5k/year
Vegetables- 15-20k/ year
Coconut, Bamboo-20k/year
(note- this is an approx. idea of total income and investment)

ACHIEVEMENTS
He is a developing farmer and with his effort he established his fruit orchard
which is very well maintained and scientifically established with good planning
and spacing. He did all these within a very short duration which is a good
achievement.
PROBLEMS-
In my interview i came to know about many problems which is being faced by
today’s farmer. Selling of the produces especially vegetable which are
perishable in nature is the major problem of vegetable grower. There is lack of
market facility due to which farmers face great loss and are forced to sell their
produces in very low price.
Here are some feedback about other problems and their solution.
 Problem of low yield of rice due to local variety can be solved by using
HYV.
 Labor shortage can be overcome by fully mechanization of farm.
 Timely availability of input like seed, fertilizer and pesticide is very
important.
 Promotion of IFS.
 Promote use of biofertilizers, biopesticide etc.
 Development of local markets to sell perishables quickly.
 Establishment of storage structures.
FUTURE PLANS
 Establish cold storage.
  Fully automization of farm.
 Poly house-1/2 acre for off season farming .

ADVICE FOR EMERGING FARMER/ENTREPRENEUR

Agriculture is the best source of livelihood and also it is a noble
profession of feeding the whole world. Agriculture is very fast growing sector
with lots of employment opportunity, hence youth must take self interest in this
field.

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