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Dairy farming a boon for farmers
Though scanty rainfall dashed the hopes of farmers, they turned to vegetable and dairy farming as a vocation. Actually, the farmers of this district used to depend upon paddy income, but they have been incurring losses due to heavy rains or drought. Therefore, they changed their mind set and found other income sources of vegetable and dairy farming.
​Vizianagaram: Though scanty rainfall dashed the hopes of farmers, they turned to vegetable and dairy farming as a vocation. Actually, the farmers of this district used to depend upon paddy income, but they have been incurring losses due to heavy rains or drought. Therefore, they changed their mind set and found other income sources of vegetable and dairy farming.
Farmers are spending around 80 per cent of the total income on harvesting, sowing, pesticides, fertilisers to cultivate an acre. If the atmospheric conditions favour them, a farmer can earn around Rs 5,000 to Rs 7,000 per acre on paddy. Hence, they decided to concentrate on other sources to earn money. Farmers from Badangi, Bobbili, Parvathipuam, Kothavalasa, L Kota are earning Rs 10,000 by selling milk.
K Mutyala Naidu of L Kota said: “I have four buffaloes and three cows and getting 30 litres of milk and selling buffalo milk at Rs 30 per litre, while cow milk for
Rs 20. I am providing jobs for two persons. Every month I am getting Rs 15,000 income by selling milk”. It seems that the farmers have realised how can they get income throughout the year. If they cultivate paddy, they can get income once in a year.
Now, the farmers gained sound knowledge over the dairy management and getting high yielding breeds like Jersy, Murra from other districts and generating more income. Farmers in Kandivalasa, RL Puram, Seethanagaram, Komarada, GR Valasa in Komarada and Seethanagaram, Bobbili, RB Puram, Badangi and Team are also showing interest in cultivating vegetables.
They are selling vegetables at RB Puram which is a big market. The wholesale traders from Srikakulam district and other States like Odisha and Chhattisgarh are also visiting the market and purchasing the vegetables. Sankara Rao, a farmer of Narsipuram in Parvathipuram mandal, said: “I am cultivating tomatoes, lady fingers and other leafy vegetables in four acres and getting good income. I have earned around Rs 80,000 per acre”.
