Success Story - 5

Lagam is a village of Koncho Panchayat of Silli block in Ranchi district with approx 550 households and consisting the population of 2573 with male 1462 and female 1111 respectively.

Every farmers of this village has been facing the problem of irrigation in the production of their crops. Every farmers are fully dependent on the Monsoon. During the kharif (wet) season, farmers main crop is Paddy; their next crop consists of seasonal vegetables, oilseeds, and pulses. Most farmers in the village are either marginal, having less than 1 hectare of farmland, or small, with a farm size of 1-2 hectares.

Sri Shyam Sunder Mahto is a farmer resides in the village of Lagam and having the land ownership of 1 acre of land. He is sincere, hard laborious, honest and highly committed to his work. Due to lack of irrigation and technical facility, he was unable to utilize her land for generating his income. Our organization selected him as a beneficiaries for the project of National Horticulture Mission, Ranchi, Jharkhand for the cultivation of Turmeric in the year 20010-11. We have finalized the agreement with Sri Shyam Sunder Mahto for covering her 1 acres of land in the year 2010-11 for the cultivation of Bitter Guard.

We have provided him every type of technical and physical support by the active cooperation and participation of officers of NHM, Jharkhand. The officer of NHM and agricultural specialist has supported us and our farmer time to time. As we have already mentioned, that he is sincere, hard laborious, honest and highly committed to his work. Due to his hard labour, commitment and sincerity, he is successful to produce 4000 KG (40 Qunt.) of Bitter Guard in the year 2010-01. He sold it @ Rs. 25/- per kg. and surprisingly done the turnover of Rs. 1,00,000 and secured his and his family livelihood.

At present, he has already involved in some other schemes of National Horticulture Mission, Ranchi, Jharkhand with active support of our organization.