Success Stories

Success Stories 1

Area of Intervention : Livestock Production and Management.
Title of the Technology : Augmentation in Meat Yield through Poultry Production.
Name : Mr. Nitish Kumar
Father’s Name : Sri Yugal Kishore Prasad Yadav
Village : Bijho
Panchayat : Kawakol
Police Station : Kawakol
District : Nawada
State : Bihar

Mr. Nitish Kumar, S/o – Sri Yugal Kishore Prasad Yadav is resident of Village: Bijho, Block – Kawakol, Nawada district of Bihar. He possesses about 3 acres of land which includes his house. He is educated upto class intermediate Science (10+2), but was unemployed. He had no money to meet out the expenses of his family. He was unable to provide better education to his children due to scarcity of money. He was also struggling to fulfill his own and family demands. He was small and traditional farmer having one buffalo with average Milk yield is 5.0 lit/day. He was confused about the type of business to start but was eager to engage in poultry farming. The income from traditional farming was quite low. He could save only Rs. 60,000-70,000 per annum from his traditional farming.

One day he came in contact with scientist of KVK, Nawada and subsequently was advised to gain knowledge on poultry farming. The Scientist, supervised, guided and given him training on poultry farming. He started his journey in the month of April, 2017 with 1000 Broiler birds. His net income raised up to Rs. 3,44,546 during the year 2018-19. Now Mr. Nitish Kumar is very happy as his annual income has increased. His family is also enjoying a good Socio-economic status in the village and they are all leading a comfortable life. Mr. Nitish Kumar has become an example for a number of unemployed rural youths and the youth of nearby area are taking interest to start and engage in poultry farming by seeing the improvement in life style and the economic condition of Mr. Nitish Kumar.

Photograph of Broiler Farming of Mr. Nitish Kumar

Broiler Farming

 

 

Success Stories 2

 

 

Area of Intervention : Income generation through Integrated Farming System (IFS) Model Name : Mukesh Kumar Singh Father’s Name : Late Sukhdeo Singh Village : Hudhrahi Panchayat : Pokshi Police Station : Pakribrawan District : Nawada State : Bihar

Mukesh Kumar Singh is a common farmer who own 7.0 acres of rainfed land which his father brought 20 years back. For many years he cultivated crop like Rice, Wheat and after that the included pulse crop in the farming system. In the year 1984, he was married to Smt. Lalima Devi and the god blessed him with four daughters and one son. Then he started to think about education of his children and how to increase his income to sustain their education.

The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Nawada organized an awareness programme in village Hudhrahi in 2014, as part of its intervention in this rainfed farming condition. Mukesh Kumar Singh came forward to become a part of the intervention. The team of KVKs encouraged the farmer to construct pond and converge with the line department activities of the district. He then excavated a farm pond with the support of soil conservation department and the pond was filled soon with water after the first rain. The Krishi Vigyan Kendra provided him technical support as well as capacity building through on campus training on raising nursery, IPM, Improved method of cultivation of different crops, Poultry farming, Vermicompost etc. He decided to cultivate Rice and Maize during the Kharif Season by using the water from the pond and at the end he was able to harvest 1205 kg of Rice with aprox Rs. 1.3 lac of gross income and from Wheat, he got approx Rs. 80,000. On the other hand, he was willing to involve in fish farming activity but due to the early withdrawal of the monsoon he was not successful in his attempt.

In the year 2013-14 the pond was poured with a lot of water, in the subsequent cropping season, Mr. Sunil decided to start fish farming and he sold fish approx 1000 kg in the local market. He also decided to take a loan from NABARD and to purchase a cow which provide him with an additional source of income of Rs. 15000-20000 per month. He had also started to plant on the bund of pond 50 Mango, 36 Sagwan, 40 Banana and some Papaya trees. The cultivation of fruits plant also helped him to raise his income by approx Rs.25000- 30000. Now he is continuously fillowing Rice and Wheat cultivation along with fish farming and fruit plantation.

Details of IFS model :

Now a days, he is very happy in his farming in his IFS model system which brought change in Mr. Mukesh’s life and this also provided him a sense of identity and self confidence in his village. With this encouragement and support, Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh plans to purchase more acres of land for growing crops, goat farming and to support his children for better education.

 

 

Title of the technology : Life style changed through mushroom production

 

 

Area of intervention : Home Science

Title of the technology : Life style changed through mushroom production

Agro-ecology, Farming Situation Analysis with Problem Statement

Nawada district comes in South Bihar Alluvial plain zone – III. This district is drought prone and the agriculture is mainly rainfed type. Soil of the district is sandy, sandy loam, clay and clay-loam. The soil is deficient in micro nutrients like Boron, Zinc and Iron. Eighty to eighty-five farmers of the district are small and marginal. Although average rainfall of the district is 1037mm, dry spell during Kharif season is evident science last 10 years. The farmers of the area mostly cultivate cereals, pulses and oilseeds, though their earning remains between 55,000 to 65,000 per annum by which it is quite difficult for them to get sustainability in production. Hence, to move toward sustainability it is important that holistic approach to agriculture and allied component should be taken care off with the time.

Brief Description of Technology, Justification Including Innovation

Mr. Manoj Kumar of Derma village is educated farmer. In year 2007 he did B.Sc. (Hons.). His father was having hundred bighas of land, but according to him whenever he needed money his father refused to give the required amount. He got married in the year 1998 and has one child who is now studying at Delhi. Manoj then went on the root cause and found that farming of paddy, wheat and pulses by traditional method is costing more as well as the profit was very less. Besides farming he was producing mushroom at lesser extent and found that it was not so beneficial. The income from that was unsufficient to meet his expenses. Then he came in contact with the scientist of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Nawada and quireied about to raise his income through agriculture and allied activities. He was suggested to start scientific production of mushroom alongwith production of spawn and making of compost for button mushroom, and production of organic manure fronm biodegradable waste of mushroom to increase his income. The idea suggested appealed him. He then decided to cultivate mushroom at his home as an enterprise. He got technical guidance from KVK and then he visited many mushroom production unit before starting the mushroom production unit. He started doing mushroom production in year 2010, but in the early stage he faced lots of problem in selling the mushroom, as people of the district were not aware about the mushroom due to poor marketing linkage. He then explored the marketand farmers in Lucknow and Delhi who was producing mushroom in an organized market. In his mushroom unit, he produced Oyster mushroom, button and milky mushroom. With the financial support of the district he established a spawn unit to produce and sale spawn in the district and the adjacent areas. But today it is quite different situation, now he earns approx. Rs. 80-90,000/month.

Impact Analysis

 

* 1- 5 scale indicates 1 = lowest and 5 = highest

Benefits (Economical and Social):

By adopting the scientific production of mushroom of oyster, button and milky mushroom, Mr. Manoj who was earlier getting net income of 62,480/- which has now increased to Rs. 7,80,000/year. Now the production of unit is 15000 kg round the year and his annual income has raised to Rs.15,00,000/year by selling mushroom and spawn within the district and outside of state. He also sales dry mushroom to Lucknow. Now his child is getting education in Delhi in a reputed school. He is now popular among the mushroom grower in Nawada district and adjacent districts. He is also providing training to the rural youth. Beside this, he also provides guidance and training to unemployed youths and encourages them to engage in mushroom production.

Adoption, Spread, Up Scaling of Technology and Future Projection :

Number of mushroom production units in Nawada district is increasing day by day and to be sale in organized market. More than 150 units of mushroom production (oyster, milky and button) are running in the district. People of the area are now purchasing and using mushroom in their diet which on the other hand will lead towards their nutritional security. A farmer’s producers group of mushroom grower has also been started and it is under process of registration. Now he has been a role model to the mushroom growers of the area.

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Spawn production
Oyster mushroom production

 

 

Success Stories 3

 

 

Area of intervention : Livestock Science

Title of the technology : Augmentation of milk production in dairy animals.

Agro-ecology, Farming Situation Analysis with Problem Statement :

Mr. Santosh Kumar Singh, S/o- Shri Arjun Singh resident of village Kharat, block Pakribarawan, Nawada district of Bihar. He possesses about 8 acres of land which includes his house and cattle shed. He is educated upto class 9th but was unemployed. He had no money to meet out the expenses of his family. He was unable to provide better education to his children due to scarcity of money. He was also struggling to fulfill his own and the family demands. He was a small and traditional dairy farmer having 4 numbers of cows with avg. production of 35 lit/day. He was confused about the type of business to start but was eager to engage in dairy farming. Very soon he realized that the dairy industry is not at all organized at grass root level and the farmers are not getting the right price for the milk they produce. One day in year 2016, he came to Krishi Vigyan Kendra for taking advice for health related issue of his cattle and during that the KVK scientist administered and guided him to take training of dairy farming. He also explained difficulties related to economic scarcity and was intrested to get employment oriented training in dairy farming to generate income to meet the requirments.

Brief Description of Technology, Justification Including Innovation :

One day, he came in contact with the Scientists of KVK, Sokhodeora, Nawada and subsequently was advised to gain knowledge on scientific dairy farming. The scientists supervised, guided and given him training of dairy farming. He started his journey in 2015 with four cows along with his ancestral farming. Presently he has 22 milch animals (crossbred cattle- 10, indigenous Buffalo- 12) with milk production ranging between 8-16 lit milk per day (cattle- @ 12-16lit/day and Buffalo- @ 8-10lit/day). In the span of last two years, he has achieved many milestones; these include supplying of milk to local market and cooperatives. Before coming into contact of this KVK, he was not aware of scientific rearing of his cattle, the production of his cows was very low and his expenditure was more on animal health. He is now getting about 190 lit of milk per day and earning about Rs.70,000 to 75,000 per month. Besides increased milk yield, he is also benefitted by the KVK in getting scientific guidance on feeding, preventive health care and other management practices. He is using homemade concentrate for balancing the diet of cow herd and animals are so healthy that they rarely fall ill. Mostly feed and fodder are self-cultivated and fulfil the requirement of green fodder (25kg/day/animal). Additional income is incurred also by selling cow dung (150 tonnes @ Rs. 500/tonne). His family is also enjoying a good socio-economic status in the village and they are all leading a comfortable life. His whole family appreciates KVK, Nawada for bringing happiness and changes in their lifestyle. Mr Santosh Kumar Singh has become an example for a number of unemployed rural youths and the youth of nearby area are taking interest to start and engage in dairy farming by seeing the improvement in lifestyle and the economic condition of Santosh Kumar Singh.

Impact Analysis

* 1- 5 scale indicates 1 = lowest and 5 = highest

Benefits (Economical and Social):

Mr. Santosh Kumar singh started dairy farming at large scale with 22 milch animals with milk production ranging from 8-16 lit /day. With the scientific guidance and training provided by KVK scientists, the milk production of his cows and buffalos increased. He is now getting about 190 lit of milk/ day and earning about Rs. 70-75,000 per month. The scientific guidance of feeding, preventive health care and other management practises helped him to save expenditure per unit of cattle and buffalo and the expenditure on the animal health reduced considerably. Additional income is also incurred by selling cow dung (150 tones@ 500/tones). His family is also enjoying good socio economic status in the village and they are leading a comfortable life. The life style and his good socio economic condition is being role model to other unemployment youth.

Adoption, Spread, Up Scaling of Technology and Future Projection :

The rural unemployment youths are being motivated by Mr. Santosh Kumar Singh by seeing his socio- economical status. The youth are taking advice from him on different dairy related issues. He is guiding and motivating them to be engaged into this high earning job with less input cost. The rural youth of nearby villages are also taking training and guidance from KVK, Nawada also, and some of them have started this business at small scale. In addition to local building material and raw feeding material, they are using balanced diet and good feed formulation. These are featuring to sale their produce in a cooperative market by making their cooperative groups.

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Sontosh Kumar Singh at his dairy unit

 

 

Success Stories 4

 

 

Area of intervention : Integrated Farming System (IFS model)

Title of the technology: Sustainability through Integrated farming system.

Agro-ecology, Farming Situation Analysis with Problem Statement:

Nawada district comes in South Bihar Alluvial plain zone – III. This district is drought prone and the agriculture is mainly rainfed type. Soil of the district is sandy, sandy loam, clay and clay loam. The soil is deficient in micro-nutrients like Boron, Zinc and Iron. Although average rainfall of the district is 1037mm, dry spell during Kharif season is evident since last 10 years. Eighty to eighty-five per cent farmers of the district are small and marginal. The farmers of the area mostly cultivate cereals, pulses and oilseeds. Their earning remains between 55,000 to 65,000 per annum by which it is quite difficult for them to get sustainability in production. Hence to move toward sustainability, it is important that a holistic approach should be followed which is the need of the time.

Brief Description of Technology, Justification Including Innovation :

As the basic need of every family is sufficient income for fodder, fiber and shelter. It is not possible through the traditional farming of agriculture by cultivation of cereals, pulses and oilseeds. Majority of the farmers are doing agriculture since long time, but traditional method is not profitable. Integrated farming activity is focused around interdependency of 3-4 production system of crops and animals. This system is not only reliable; it is highly productive and has considerable scope for resource recycling which leads to sustainability. Krishi Vigyana Kendra, Nawada is constantly awaring the farmers about Integrated Farming System (IFS) and motivating term to adopt this technology and a dozen of farmers in this district has adopted IFS model.

 

Impact Analysis

 

* 1- 5 scale indicates 1 = lowest and 5 = highest

Benefits (Economical and Social):

Integrated farming system provides an opportunity to increase economical yield per unit of area by intensification of crop and allied enterprises. Waste of one enterprise become the component of other enterprise at the minimum cost, thus there is reduction of cost of production. Organic supplementation through effective utilization of by-product is done which lead to sustainability of product. As in IFS model, waste of one component is used in other component, the waste material is effectively recycled under IFS system and the farmers get income round the year. This is the enterprise module by which farmers get fuel, fodder and employment. Sadanand Singh annual income has increased upto 6.0 lakh/annum with net profit of 4.76 lakh/annum with B:C ratio 3.45:1. The economical and social status has increased and his children are getting education at capital of Bihar i.e., Patna. He has good linkage with district officers, the farmers of district and other farmers also visit his IFS model.

Adoption, Spread, Up Scaling of Technology and Future Projection:

Seeing the benefits of IFS model, the other farmers of same village and nearby village of the district are also adopting the IFS model as a source of income generation. They are now contacting line department to provide subsidy in excavation of pond and approx 20-25 farmers have contacted the process of establishing IFS model from the scientist of KVK, Nawada. Seeing the profitability, a number of IFS model have been prepared and suggested depending upon the available resource and the agro-ecological condition of the village. This will raise the economic and social status of farmer’s sustainability and profitability.

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Farmer at pond (IFS model)

Bagging of vermi-compost

Dairy Unit of farmer

Farmer in his vermi-unit