Movement of Organic Farming

Name: Mrs. Surekha Ajit Parit

Address: Shendur, Tal. Kagal, Dist. Kolhapur

Area under Nutrition Garden: 0.0375 Acre (1.5 R)

Number of Family Members: 05

Mobile No. 9503573531

Background:

Women are the major worker of agriculture and allied sector activities. Mrs. Surekha Parit lives

in Shendur village of kagal Taluka, Kolhapur is doing farming as ancestral occupation. She is

growing Rice, Soybean and Groundnut, Jawar, Gram and wheat. She has established a nutrition

garden and fulfilled his family daily requirement.

Major crops and impact

With the guidance of Shri Siddhagiri Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kaneri, Kolhapur, Mrs. Surekha

Parit has developed the nutrition garden and grows different leafy vegetables (Cabbage, Ambadi,

Spinach, Fenugreek, Curry leaves, etc.), under major vegetables (Tomato, Brinjal, Chili,

Cauliflower, Okra, Bitter gourd, Ridge gourd, Knolkhol etc.) and Roots and Tubers crops

(Onion, Raddish etc.). Mrs. Surekha Parit has saved Rs. 14037 in vegetable purchase from

nutritional garden.

Impact: After seeing Mrs. Surekha Parit’s nutritional garden, the other women farmers got

motivated and some of the women farmers developed other nutritional garden in their available

land. She has also done saving from nutritional garden and keeping her family health at most

priority, cooking organically grown food/vegetable.

Future Plan: Mrs. Surekha Parit has planned to develop a small food processing unit based on

experience of nutritional garden. She has planned to dried vegetable in urban areas of Kolhapur

along with her already developed food products.

Farmers Name: Shri.Vinod Jaijairam Shinde

Address: Village. Shendur, Tal. Kagal, Dist. Kolhapur

Mobile No.: 9420008770

Brief description of the innovation or Success Story:

Vinod Shinde is an innovative farmer having total 06 acres of land (03 acre owned and 03 acre

lease). He has on his 03 acre a modern broiler poultry farm on 0.25 acre since 2016. In one year

he is taking 5 batches of poultry birds containing 20000 to 21000broiler birds. Initially he got 03

batches of birds. He is adopting various good animal practices like adequate vaccination of birds

with Gumbaro and IBD. He is proving good amount of feeding to birds in 3 steps (Pre-starter,

Starter and Finisher). He is using EM solution which is totally natural and effective method for

ensuring healthy poultry and it is used in rearing sheds, but helpsin suppress the disease, and

rapidly eliminate and control the ammonia produced by their droppings, as a result the air quality

improve radically.EM is added to the feed and water - the beneficial microorganisms will

improve the gut flora of the birds, making digestion more efficient and thereby helping to reduce

feed costs. He is giving 1ml/liter of water to birds. He is getting a good amount of poultry

manure 8000 kgs/batch which ultimately yielded in 05 batch 40000 kgs of poultry manure.

It’s Marketability:

He has a direct link with poultry companies and selling broilers to them. These companies are

purchasing all these birds from his farm directly. He is earning 3,20,000 from 05 batches of

broiler production. Apart from this he is selling poultry manure directly to other farmers and

getting 70000-80000 rupees in a year.

Linkages and Convergence:

He has direct linkage with broiler companies. He is getting all technical advises from the KVK,

Kaneri, Kolhapur for rearing and maintaining the birds of good health and quality.