Farmer Harivansh Mahato of Begusarai: We all know that Bihar is an agricultural state. Despite this, farmers in Bihar do not get sufficient resources for irrigation. This is the reason why many farmers of Bihar are now being forced to abandon irrigation and live their lives. In such a situation, today we will tell you about one such farmer from Begusarai, Bihar. Who is earning huge profits by making slight changes in the farming methods.
Let us tell you that Harivansh Mahato, a farmer of Bhagwanpur block of the district, made changes in his farming on the advice of scientists, not only reduced the cost and labor, but also increased the production. Harivansh earlier used to cultivate olive oil in about 2 acres. It required a lot of hard work, then started banana gardening through organic method. They say that it requires half the effort as compared to Olympics. Whereas, the profit remains the same.
He told that he has been doing banana gardening in two acres for about 2 years. The cost of this comes to Rs 1 lakh 20 thousand. They say that banana is consumed throughout the year, hence there is no tension of sale. All the bananas are sold in the district itself. Last time there was a loss due to bad weather, despite earning Rs 1 lakh.
