Monday, February 18, 2013

Bihar's Organic Farmer Mr.Rakesh Kumar Sets World Record for Potato Cultivation.



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Bihar's farmers have done it again. A farmer from Sohdih village of Bihar's Nalanda district has set a new world record in potato production through organic farming this year.

Rakesh Kumar of Nalanda district has set a new world record of potato production by producing 1,088 quintals per hectare. 


Potato crop was harvested on Rakesh Kumar's field in Sohdih area of Nalanda district on Sunday under the supervision of scientists from Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Harnaut, and Horticulture College, Noorsarai. The scientists assessed the yield at 1,088 quintals per hectare, which is 359 quintals more than the previous world record set by Nitish Kumar of Darveshpura village in Nalanda last year. 

Nitish had produced 729 quintals of potato per hectare last year, surpassing the then record of 650 quintals held by a farmer in The Netherlands. 

Rakesh Kumar, who broke Nitish's record, also has to his credit the world record of onion output by producing 660 quintals per hectare last year. 

Dr N K Singh and Dr V K Agrawal from Krishi Vigyan Kendra, under whose supervision the crop was harvested, said the potato output was beyond their expectation. They said the Kufri Pukhraj seed used by Rakesh has a record of maximum yield of 350 quintals per hectare, but the new high-density method of farming and the use of organic fertilizers by the farmer worked wonders, showing a way to farmers worldwide. 
Organic farming in 3000 hectares in Nalanda District.

Rakesh himself said he experimented with the High-Density method of potato farming and the use of organic fertilizers paid him rich divident.

He said ha had taken a risk by using the high-density method of cultivation,generally used in Mango & Lichi farming,and his Experiment worke,giving him the Highest yield.

District horticulture officer Nalanda said Rakesh is a member of Nalanda Organic Vegetable Growers Federation and he uses only Organic Fertilizers.A total of 3,000 hectares are under organic Vegetable farming in the district.

Agriculture is the backbone of Bihar's economy, employing 81 percent of its workforce and generating nearly 42 percent of the state's domestic product, according to the state government.






source:IANS 

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