KALYAN SINGH

• Bastar’s land was barren.
• The people of baster depend on seasonal forest products.
• Sunflag demonstrate and motivate farmers for sustainable cultivation.
• Sunflag intension was to convert this barren land into productive land to help local people
• With the help of NABARD, resources were provided.
• Sunflag strategy was to cultivate long term, midterm, short term food and animal feed.
• Food for their own consumption and for animals.
• Farmers are given assure buy back for all products.
• Processing unit was setup in every cluster of 50 acers.
• Sunflag mobilize the barren land of people for effective use.
• These small efforts brought 500 acres of unproductive land into well productive land with livelihood for 500 hundred families without going out of their village.

MODEL

• 50 fruit plants in an acre of typically cashew nuts, lime, mango, guava.
• Border plants are bamboo, acacia.(forest species)
• Inter cropping was done with lemon grass & pomarosa in ¾ acres.
• Quatar acre was develop for nutrition garden to produce fresh vegetables and fruits for family and market.