making NREGA workable@HARIT PRAYAS Sagar

Background

This case study will reveal the impact of demo plots that was created by harit prayas and how a farmers named Sanjay Kurmi of village Sawal Kheriya, got benefited through it. In this case study we will try to reveal the impact of doing organic farming through traditional means and then converting the degraded land with good productivity.

Harit Prayas Impact:

In the month of November team harit prayas planned to create demo plots in a small area like a kitchen garden and then let villagers decide which is more beneficial chemical or organic farming. The decision was taken to give 5 kg of seeds to every farmer who creates demo plots. This man Sanjay kurmi used to came in all the training sessions and was very enthusiastic regarding practices of organic farming. He practiced all the techniques like “Use of locally available Seed, Use of Bio fertilizers, Use of Amrit Pani, Use of Ancient Technique for weeding, Making of Vermi Compost. This man was convinced and was patient and waited for the right time for harvesting and the result was tremendous.

Result

To his surprise in the area of 25 dec with 5kg of seeds the productivity came around 3.78 quintals and the cost was not more than 100. So in this season he planned to do organic farming in 1 acre of land and later in the next season he is planning to increase his area. Seeing him many other farmers have also got motivated to do the same work.

Name of Farmer	Demo Plot area	Seeds Given	Type of Crop	Productivity
Sanjay Kurmi	25 dec	5 kg	Wheat	3.78 Quintals

By MVSS-Sagar HARIT PRAYAS team