Kondagaon, 31 December 2020. Somaru Netam father Sobhi Ram Netam, a resident of village Chalka under development block Kondagaon, had been producing paddy and greens on his 1.49 hectares of land as a traditional farmer for years, but this only earned him enough money to live. . He was constantly trying to boost his production income. During this time, the horticulture department got information about the shed net house scheme and also the information about pollen production of tomatoes was received from the training program being conducted by the department. In the year 2018-19, he started the production of pollinators in tomatoes by constructing a shed net house on his 2000 square meter land. Use of shed house reduced the outbreak of pests and diseases in the field, while they also got favorable environment for plant growth. Which increased their production.
In this regard, Horticulture Officer Lokeshwar Prasad Dhruv told that Somaru Netam had a total of 50 quid before the seasonal crops in his field. Used to harvest in a year. Due to which he used to earn a total of Rs. 100000. After training for pollen production, they got information about purchase of pollen for Rs 600000 per kilogram by private agencies. Which linked them to pollen production. At present, 700 grams of tomato pollen is being produced in an area of 2000 square meters per annum, earning an annual income of Rs. 4,20,000.
Apart from this, Somaru said that I am very happy to take advantage of the shed net and the scheme National Horticulture Mission from the Horticulture Department. With this my financial situation has also improved. I would further connect with the pollen production and motivate the villagers of the surrounding areas to produce pollen so that all the farming brothers can get the benefit of this scheme.
