Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra

Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra

Mr. Birsa Munda (son of late Soma Munda), a farmer of Latardih village under Murhu block in Khunti district was declared as the Best Farmer in a function held by District Agriculture Department on 15 September i.e. Foundation Day of Khunti district. On this occasion, Mr. Edwin Minz (District Agriculture Officer, Khunti) has praised Birsa for innovative agro practices and honored him publicly with the spade & sprayer. Birsa and his wife Mrs. Sani Munda are associated with Food security & Livelihood program by NBJK with support of Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Mumbai. Sani is a member of “Shanti Mahila Mandal” SHG promoted under the program. They have total 14 acres of land, out of which 8 acres are farming land as a reliable source to feed their 5 members’ family. In this Kharif season, Birsa has sown paddy in 4 acres and prepared 15 decimals lands for tomato farming. He started with tomato as a cash crop first time in the year 2012 as an experiment on lesser area and earned Rs. 8000 in the season. This encouraged him a lot to go further and produce more quality tomatoes. NBJK has supported Birsa Munda for input arrangement and guidance at every step like nursery set up, transplantation, weeding, fertilizers composition, pest control, harvesting and marketing. This year, he has earned around Rs. 20000 up to September and now planning to utilize more lands for the purpose. Best farmer