success of integrated farm

 Elevated integrated farm

The situation has changed today where educated people are leaving agriculture and going for other jobs. Many young farmers who are educated on par with traditional farmers are successfully cultivating. The best example of this is Nisha Maiden. Nisha Maideen is a woman farmer from Pudukkottai, Rajagopalapuram. B.Com, MBA, M.Phil. graduate. Private school teacher. Due to his interest in natural farming, the teacher quit his job and successfully converted his 5 acres of land into an integrated farm.

We went to the ‘Nisha Nature Farm’ in the village of Veppangudi near Thiruvarangulam, 12 km from Pudukkottai, one morning. The drizzle was letting go. Agricultural work was in full swing even in the drizzle. Nisha, who was in the process of harvesting vegetables, welcomed us and started talking enthusiastically. “Pudukkottai is my hometown. 4 people who were born with me. We went to Chennai for survival at an early age. I studied in Chennai till my 10th class. A stepfather lost his job. So we came back to Pudukottai.

I joined ‘b.Com’ at King College, Pudukkottai. After joining the college, I joined a company in Pudukkottai on a part-time basis. While looking for a job, I completed my MBA and M.Phil. Got married while studying MBA. Give me an awesome boy. The householder is looking for a job abroad. Soon after graduation, she got a job as an Honorary Lecturer at Pudukottai Government Girls College. After the second guy died, I quit that job. I also worked as a private school teacher for a few years, ”he said, beginning with the story of how he got into farming.

Beautiful little integrated farm

“Husband is more interested in agriculture. We bought this garden in the year 2015. This is a total of 5 acres. At the time of purchase, coconut, mango, and jack fruit from some trees. Other places to visit are Very dry areas. Put the guy to work, where Dad was looking. I did not know anything about agricultural sewing when I bought this garden. It was only after the Jallikkattu struggle that I came to a complete understanding of agriculture. I did not even see the garden until then, so I started going to the garden every day. That's when I got to know Nammazhvar Patti and started looking for ideas with him. I watched a video on YouTube of everything he said about organic farming. Introduction of Green Vikatan by a Natural Farmer.

Vegetable cultivation

I have also established contacts with many nature farmers through Green Vikatan. I also learned the Zero Budget Agriculture paragraph. Due to the high involvement in natural farming, I decided to do 5 acres of natural farming. I retired to my father a short time ago, ”he said, sharing his farming experiences.

“My family helped me a lot to farm. When I came to see the farm, I bought a cow for the first time. We shot a ‘borewell’. I applied drip irrigation throughout the garden. I decided to add a few more trees to the existing ones and start implementing them. At present, we have planted 160 coconut trees, 15 jack, 80 mangoes, 200 guavas, 50 novels, 25 sapodillas, 50 papayas, 300 bananas, 52 lemons, and 22 coconut trees on 5 acres of My farm. One acre of vegetable cultivation also takes place. Goat, cow, and poultry are also reared. Attempts to grow mulberry ‘shed’ silkworms are also underway. We will start fish farming by cutting the fish shells, ”he said, referring to the changes in life caused by agriculture. "Initially I would come to the garden in a two-wheeler from Pudukkottai. Now the householder has bought a ‘car’. I would send the awesome boys to school in the morning and come here. To be here, the dog, the goat, the cow, the tree, the plant, and the flag are all children I do not pick up. They can not be seen anyway. That is why I come to the garden every day without fail. Awesome people to work with. I, too, will work with them.

Do not spend on natural inputs

I take care of the packing, the valuation, the sales, and everything. That's why I can run successfully. As far as natural agriculture is concerned, most of the inputs should not be spent. I will be enthusiastic about farming on a zero budget. Like that, I started giving natural inputs to produce crops wherever I could find them in the garden. I make a lot of ingredients like panchakavya, fish acid, jivamirtham, old porridge solution, neem paste, ash solution, ginger, garlic, and green chili solution. Now I give the inputs to some for free. Many who are interested in cultivating small terraces and landscaping should buy and fight for the price, ”he said. “From this 5 acre farm 60,000 rupees a year for coconut, 2,00,000 rupees for honey, 60,000 rupees for vegetables, 35,000 rupees for mango, 25,000 rupees for guava, 15,000 rupees for papaya, 38,000 rupees for livestock, 38,800 rupees for livestock. 10,000 for fertilizer, Rs. 41,200 for sapodilla, jackfruit, novel, and banana for a total profit of Rs. 5,03,000.

Ash is potash

“Many farmers struggle to find potash and urea fertilizers. It will cost more to go that way. There will be losses. Potash is ash. Burn the garbage that does not need to be in our garden, and the potash will be available as soon as the ashes are put away. Thus all the nutrients are available naturally. Farmers will all switch to organic farming. I've done most of the work on my garden with almost 80 percent government subsidy. I know all the plans of the government, I bought it with a subsidy and I am happy with agriculture. Satisfactory profits can be made by running an integrated farm on a zero budget. ”