Local youth are earning a good income by abandoning jobs abroad and cultivating vegetables in their own villages.
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Ishwori Chaudhary of Belauri Municipality-5 has passed 12th grade in agricultural science and is now engaged in agricultural work on her own. She is cultivating seasonal and non-seasonal vegetables by renting land in the village.
Chaudhary has cultivated vegetables on about one bigha. Currently, cucumber, gourd, pumpkin, bitter gourd, and other vegetables are grown in her garden. She picks the vegetables herself in the morning and sells them in the local market. Then, she returns home and starts cultivating the same garden. 'After studying agriculture, I thought I should get a job. I am happy growing vegetables at home,' said Chaudhary. 'I have been able to meet the family expenses by selling these vegetables.' She produces vegetables according to the season. Although there are mainly two seasons, some vegetables grow in her garden for twelve months. She said that she is saving up to 1.5-2 lakh rupees in one season.
Her husband Deepak is also an agriculture JTA. Her husband, who works in an NGO, also helps in vegetable farming. ‘You don’t have to go far to sell vegetables, they are sold from home and in the local market,’ said Chaudhary. ‘I sell vegetables on a bicycle in Belauri Bazaar, and I also sell berna.’
Like Ishwari, Sukram Rana of Kichai, Krishnapur Municipality-4, has also raised a family from vegetable farming. He is also cultivating vegetables on 15 katthas. He has been supporting his family of four from that. He has been producing vegetables in three seasons, winter, spring and rainy season.
Currently, cucumbers, gourds and bitter gourds have grown in his garden. He sells these vegetables as far as Gulariya in Krishnapur and Attariya in Kailali. If the production is high, he even reaches Mahendranagar.
Rana has been cultivating vegetables for 10 years. Initially, he planted a small amount of vegetables and has gradually increased it to 15 acres. From this, he earns up to four to five lakhs a year. ‘Vegetables have been used to pay for his children’s education and household expenses,’ said Chaudhary, ‘now there is no problem in selling them, no matter how much he produces, it is sold, if he can produce vegetables in the off-season, he will get more profit.’ That is why he works hard in the off-season vegetable production.
Semlal Rana of Bedkot Municipality-5 has also returned from India and started vegetable farming. After working in Delhi and Bangalore for four years, he returned to vegetable farming at home. ‘This is better than India, I have been able to make a living by doing my own work,’ said Rana, ‘The income is also more than in India.’ He has also been producing vegetables for twelve months. The vegetables produced have been sold in local markets as far as Daiji and Mahendranagar. ‘Now I am preparing to produce vegetables by making bamboo tunnels,’ said Rana. Rana is not alone in vegetable farming, his entire family is involved in vegetable farming. That is why the production is also going well.
Krishi Gyan Kendra Kanchanpur has been providing 50 percent subsidy to youth who are cultivating vegetables, along with mini power trailers for agriculture, as well as construction of seedbeds, manure and tunnels. Madan Bhatta, Crop Protection Officer at the Agricultural Knowledge Center, Kanchanpur, said that 36 people have been helped this year as well. According to him, some of those who received this assistance have also returned from foreign employment.
