Seed Farming makes profit

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.