Seed
farming is best option for to avoid seed monopoly by the various multi-national
seed companies. It is a good economical viable activity for farmers and best
solution for price fluctuation in the market
Manjunath H
Seeds are pivotal role in
agriculture production, but farmers have no rights to exchange or sale seeds as
per recent seed act. Multi National Companies (MNCs) are capitalizing seed
industries, especially Monsanto, Syngenta, Mahyco and DuPont seed companies in
the world. Why recent seed act not permits exchange or sale of seeds by
farmers? It is purely support all seed multi-national companies. All farmers
are growing crops to get income through sale of products (not the seeds) and
every time farmers will buy the seeds from market. Farmers are spending lot of
money to buy seeds from seed companies
Surendra N R from Nijayappanadoddi,
12 kilo meter from Ramanagara had grown traditional ladies finger (Srilanka okra)
for seeds. He had three and half acre land just behind his house, cultivating
various traditional paddy, finger millet and vegetables through organic farming
from the last four years. He said “growing ladies finger for seed is
economically viable option and easy to manage the big farm, Seed farming is
best solution for price fluctuation in the market”
Seeds idea…
Surendra has taken seeds of Srilanka
okra from Sadashiva after knowing the good yield from his farm. Sadashiva is
also practicing organic farming from last ten years from Kottagarahalli in Magadi
taluk. Surendra N R had grown Srilanka okra in quarter acre of land (10 gunta).
He was planned to supply organic okra to organic outlet, but later on he
changed idea of marketing green okra to outlet due to transportation problem. He
treated the seeds with Beejambrutha (traditional recipe to treat any sowing
seeds) before sowing in his farm.
Seeds production…
He planted two treated okra seeds
in each hole in half acre land. He cultivated Srilanka okra completely on
organic farming. He used 200 kilo of vermicompost as a basal dose, then he
used Jeevambrutha for three times to get crops at various intervals. He faced
pest problem especially fruit borer and shoot borer to Srilanka okra. He used
Poochimaddu to manage or control pest and also he over come various other
sucking pests. He got fifty kilo order every week from one of the organic
outlet in Bangalore, he didn’t supply because of transportation problem, and
then sudden price fall in the market. He decided himself not harvest green
okra.
Seeds income…
He harvested dry fruits, dried
under sun for a week and then collected seeds; totally he harvested 30 kilos of
Srilanka okra seeds. “It is difficult to get seeds because birds’ problem,
every morning and evening we need to be in the field to protect crops from
various wild birds said by Surendra N R”, he sold 20 kilo of okra seeds to
Sahaja Sambrudda institute at the rate of five hundred rupees per kilo and he
will get ten thousand from sale of okra seeds. He is planning to sale another
ten kilo of okra seeds from his own contacts, so totally Surendra will get
fifteen thousand rupees from quarter acre land. “Cleaning and making seeds from
dry pod is difficult and it is laborious activity said by his mother” anybody
can contact for more information 9080807024 cell number.
