Khaad Or Beej Ki Bhook

One most important part of farmers hunger is crop advisory. Information services available in the market are too costly for the small and marginal farmers to afford.

Crop advisory involves information about the type of seed to be sown, exact time to sow, type and quantity of fertilizer to be added based on the soil health.

Many farmers prefer the traditional way to estimate time of sowing. The disturbed weather cycles in the recent time makes it difficult for the farmers to predict the perfect sowing time that gives them perfect results. Moreover, farmers tend to follow each other due to lack of perfect knowledge about the time to sow. the one with better soil reaps good produce while most of the farmers fail to do so.

As there are new hybrids and varieties of seeds emerging everyday, it is important to train and educate the farmers about them. Also knowledge about pests, water spacing, and requirements to prepare their soil for cultivation can be very useful for the farmers to increase yield and benefit from the variety of seeds used.

The information services would also advise farmers about various precautions that can be taken to prevent losses due to pest attacks, overuse of fertilizers and other agricultural inputs.

Read more about agriculture information services here.

#HumariBhookhAlagHai is a unique way to showcase the needs of farmers at the present time. This hunger when turned into starvation results in farmer suicides at many regions of India.

Several farmer suicide cases have been reported in the past where farmers fell in to the well of debts and find no way out other than sacrificing their lives. These farmer suicides have increased recently at an alarming late which indicates the need of agriculture economy development and better prices for crops harvested.

Read more about farmer suicides here

Even after being the second largest country in producing vegetables, India lacks in the per capita requirement due to post harvest losses. in most villages, the availability of seeds and fertilizers on time has been a very strong issue.

“I know my farm is not blessed with the right kind of soil. For every crop I cultivate, I depend on fertilizers. But many a times, the fertilizers aren’t provided on time which results in starvation of my family”, says a farmer from Haryana.

Read the complete story of the farmer here