Farmers Are Following Cost Effective Agriculture Practices Through Effort by Jeevika

Village Name: Suakheda

Panchaya: Jamali

Panchayat : Jamali Farmer club Name: Phool Farmer’s Club

Work Profile: Farmers are following Cost effective agriculture practices,

Context:

Suakheda is situated in Ichhawar block of Sehore district of MP.

Tribal community live in this village and this village is surrounding by the Forest.

Tribal community of the village are not aware about their different livelihood options and Government schemes launched by the Government.

Most of the people of Suakheda village migrate to the other City on an average of 3-5 month in the year, They also not show much of interest in cultivation due to lack of resource and high cost in cultivation.

Description:- When Jeevika project started, people did not aware about their right and government scheme as well as they did not show interest to participation in Gram Sabha. Maximum farmers did not cultivate in their land because they faced loss from soyabean crops.

In the month of June 2013, Jeevika team did motivational talk with the farmers of Suakheda and Team also organised workshop & training on cost effective agriculture practices, as well as team continue follow-up of programme. After much discussion some farmers agreed to follow agriculture practices in last season.

They follow the mixed cultivated and cultivated corn (Makka) Seeds by use the SRI method. After this effort they got good results from corn crop compare to soybean crops.

Now farmers understood the importance of mixed cropping and cost effective agriculture practices, in the month of July 2014, 90 farmers of JEEVIKA project cultivated corn seeds through SRI method in 150 Akkad field.

They are also using bio tonic and bio pest in their 80% of Farmland.

They are looking happy and satisfied. The Farmers also will save money from the crops.

Analysis/Results: 1. 90 Farmers now following cost effective agriculture practices.

2. Famers are showing interest in traditional cultivation

3. They are using natural available resource at local level in making bio tonic and pest.

4. They are creating eco-friendly environment in local area.

5. Each farmers will have been got profit up to Rs. 5000-7000

6. Farmers will busy in cultivation, so because of this, theme will have work in all half year, so they will not migrate to out -side.

Published by Jeevika Team AMWC- Bhopal