Farming Support

Launching Farmer Support Vehicle

Majority farmers in the region take only one crop of rice from June to Oct/Nov every year and migrate to other regions for earning. This impacts their kids’ education, their health, elders and overall family. In last 4-5 years, we have been working with the farmers and have been encouraging them to take-up additional 2 or 3 crops in the land – for improving livelihood and arrest the migration of working people from family. Couple of villages who had availability of water, have come-up and have started taking various produce such as, onions, garlic, leafy vegetables, bottle gourd, brinjal, lady-finger, ginger, guar, chili, and mogra flower, mango, etc cash crops after their rice season.

Farming Support – Experiments with second crop

Suhrid Foundation worked with 5 farmers on trial basis for getting second crop after their rice crop in October. We decided for onion, sunflower, multiple veggies (brinjal/egg-plant, bhindi/lady-finger, bottle-gird, spinach, etc). We purchased onion saplings and seeds required for this purpose. We also purchased material required for making organic fertilizers/nutrition (known as Jivamrut). Farmers were explained entire life-cycle of the crop. Once a week and later on once  in 15-days visits were done to review and guide farmers. The results were very encouraging. Farmers had vegetables for themselves and their neighbors. We also purchased few things from them.

Farmers have agreed to do serious attempt by doing cash-crop (primarily vegetables) along with rice – so that enough rice for family is made and remaining space (if any) is used in improving livelihood further. We would reconnect with farmers in second week of May 2022 for further planning.

Mango Saplings to Nandelpada

Most of the tribals in the Vikramgad area follow the same pattern to earn their livelihood. They grow rice during the rainy season, preserve most of it for themselves, sell remaining small portion for immediate cash and move out of villages for next 6 to 7 months for odd jobs such as working at brick […]

Kaspada – Mango Sapling Distribution

We have been working with overall community in our villages – for their health and also water related projects (such as check dam last year). This year, we had convinced them further to enhance their livelihood by taking additional crop or additional activity which increases their regular income. While they are not yet comfortable taking […]

Farmers Meeting

As a part of our connect with village, we have been discussing various topics with farmers in the village and what best they can achieve from their farming. Presently, Almost all the farmers take only one crop in a year – rice. This requires them to work on their farm only for 4 months. In […]