Success Story

Shri.Sagar Babasaheb Koot, KVK Success Story

Why Organic Farming?

Name: Shri. Babasaheb Shankar Koot Address:Pimpalgaon Khurd, Tal. Kagal, Dist. Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Total Land: 06 Acre

Thematic Area: Integrated Natural Farming

  

Shri Babasaheb Shankar Koot is an innovative farmer of Shri Siddhagiri Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kaneri, Kolhapur, Maharashtra practicing Multi-cropping which is purely organic. He is preparing and using jeevamrut, Dashparni Ark, Gir-Gokrupa Amrutam for crops. He is rearing desi cow like Gir and Khillar etc. along with desi poultry breeds. He has grown various crops as depicted in table 1. He is one of the exemplary farmers for doubling the farmers’ income by 2022 as vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. In totality he is getting a income of Rs. 17,34,400.

Table 1.Details of Crops/Fruits/Trees/Animal/Enterprise

 

Crops

Area

Average Production

Net Income

Sugarcane

4 Acre

80 tons/acre

1,20,000

Soybean

4 Acre in Intercrop with Sugarcane

17 quintal/acre

58,000

Lady Finger

1 Acre

1000 kgs

40,000

Chilli

0.25 Acre

1000 kgs

10,000

Total

 

 

2,28,000

 

Shri Babasaheb Shankar Koot has grown various crops according to agro climatic condition of Kolhapur region. Under field crops he has grown Sugarcane, Soybean crops and Lady’s Finger and chilli for vegetable crops. Shri Koot has got the net income of Rs. 2,28,000 from these crops.

 

Fruit Crops and Trees

Number of trees

Net Income

Mango

Kesar variety (50)

1,75,000

Guava

Sardar (1) and G-9 (3)

2000

Custard Apple

100

2,50,000

Banana

100

15,000

Lemon grass

1000

10,000

Sapota

02

2,000

Lemon

02

1,000

Coconut

06

6,000

Dragon Fruit

10

3,500

Sagwan

120

12,00,000

Kadipatta

10

2500

Total

 

16,67,000

 

Shri Babasaheb Koot is growing various fruits crops and trees in their farm. He has grown Mango, Guava, Custard Apple, Banana, Sapota and Dragon Fruit. Among the tree he has high value wood tree of Sagwan. From these crops he got Rs. 16,67,000.

 

Animal Rearing

Number of Animal

Net Income

Desi Cows

Total: 04

Gir (02), KonkanGidda (01) &Khillar (01))

35000

Poultry

04 Desi chicken birds

6000

Total

 

41,000


From the animal enterprise, from Cow rearing and Poultry he has received Rs. 41,000. He is preparing all the inputs required form crops from the urine of Deshi cow and various cow based cultures for spraying on crops.

 

Enterprise

Average production

Net Income

Liquid Jaggery (Kakvi)

25-30 litres, sold at Rs.

125/litre

3600

He has extra income from liquid Jaggery of Rs. 3600.

Source: KVK Kolhapur

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