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Unseasonal vegetables, the new mantra for Uttaranchal farmers
Publish Date : 12/10/2004 11:09:00 AM   Source : Culture and Community News

The economic status of the villagers  living
in   the hilly areas of Uttaranchal has improved vastly owing  to 
the farming of unseasonal vegetables.
 
Earlier,  the farmers of this region used to grow only two  crops
in  a year,  which was not enough to sustain them. But this  form
of farming  provides  them with sufficient earnings to meet their
needs.
Many self-servicing  organisations are now promoting this form of
farming.
 
HIFEED  Agro  Services  is one  such  organisation   which  helps
farmers  by  providing  them  with  seeds  that  are  not  easily
available.
 
Kisan Dabral, a coordinator of HIFEED, said that with the help of
this    farming,    farmers   are   growing    vegetables    like 
tomatoes,cauliflowers, peas and so on in winters.
 
"With  the help of HIFEED, we are growing  unseasonal  vegetables
like  tomatoes,  cauliflowers,  which we never used  to  grow  in
winters  earlier. This organisation has also helped in  providing
seeds  to the farmers, which earlier were not easily  available,"
he said
 
Dharamchand   Ramola  ,  a  local  resident,  says   that   these
organisations  play a very important role by providing  seeds  to
the poor farmers, which are difficult to procure.
 
"On  these hilly areas it is difficult to produce seeds   because
we  don't have sufficient land. Earlier, we used to get  it  from
Delhi or Dehradun but with the help of these organisations we can
get it easily right here," he said.
 
This  form of farming is becoming popular and if it is used on  a
large  scale  then it can revolutionise  the  whole  agricultural
system of the state. (ANI)