BASTAR BARREN REGION
KALYAN SINGH Bastar’s land was barren. The people of baster depend on seasonal forest products. Sunflag demonstrate and motivate farmers for sustainable cultivation.
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.