Under the Garden Development Program, in the last four and a half years, about 4 lakh individual gardens have been developed in the state by the rural farmers, in which, by planting vegetables and fruit trees, the rural farmers are able to feed their families as well as earn economic benefits. have been able to.
Mr. Maheshwari Ram Yadav, a farmer of Potia village of Durg district, is one such successful beneficiary of the Bari Vikas Yojana, who has improved his family’s financial condition through this. He told that he had cultivable land under the Bari scheme. Taking professional information and guidance from the Horticulture Department, he has planted fruit plants along with producing vegetables on this land. They have started benefiting from the commercial cultivation of vegetables. Mr. Yadav started vegetable farming in his yard about a year ago. Along with fulfilling the requirement of vegetables for the family, he has earned an additional income of Rs 45 to 46 thousand by selling the extra produced vegetables in the local market. From time to time, fertilizers and seeds are made available to them for farming. Under the Bari scheme, okra, cabbage, He has bought a pair of bullocks for agricultural work with the income earned from selling onions and other vegetables in the market. Mr. Yadav is now cultivating Napier grass in one acre along with vegetable cultivation. Shri Maheshwari Ram Yadav is very hardworking. Along with farming, he also works as a mason. Mr. Yadav has strengthened the economic condition of the family with his hard work and dedication and is moving towards self-employment
