Being in an IT industry I make sure that 10000 miles away servers are up so that production does not go down. I happily sacrifice my Saturday night to make sure that server maintenance activity goes as per schedule starting at 4 AM. 100 kms from my place crops are getting destroyed and productivity of field is going down, and the irony is "I am not bothered"25 Km from Gauribidanur, Bandarlahalli is a beautiful village in the lap of nature. This village surrounded by hills with rocky red soil texture hosts our first project. NDDB Safal is doing contract farming with 17 farmers over 37.5 acres of land in this village. This was our second trip to the village.
With so much anxiety and anticipation farmers showed us their farms. You will feel the need to extend your support to these people once you see their faces.
Few highlights from our trip.
1) Farmers have the Safal contract to grow tomato in their field.
2) Climate is cold, Soil is damp and humid and they use traditional farming techniques.
3) Farmers have land holding of 2-3acres on an average.
4) All farmers use flood irrigation.(Bore well irrigation)
5) Their plants are infected with Late blight disease.(Caused because of fungus attack on the plants due to damp and cold weather)
6) They use Jowar or Maze as crop rotation.
7) Some of them have Grameen bank account.
8) They use pesticides for disease infected plants.
9) NDDB Safal, people visit the village and give them assistance when required.
10) 24 hours electricity and water supply in the village.
Question for you:- Why is it that a village with 24 hours water and electricity supply facing such issues? How can this happen in a place just 100 kms away from Indias IT hub and Silicon Valley Bangalore? Just imagine those villages in India where we don’t even have basic tools and assistance to do farming. As professionals we are taught to reduce the error and add value to our work, how many farmers add value to the fields? Can we assist them in adding values to the fields? How we can disseminate information and good practices?
The reason for asking you so many questions is, we at CropEx Technology don’t like sentences with full stop. We like to question, we like to question ourselves, we like to question the existing system, we believe the child who is born with so many question is better than a grown up person with all answers.
Our View:-
For all the time we were there we kept thinking of the ways we can help them. All our discussions drilled down to same answers, “LACK OF TECHNICAL KNOW HOW”, “INABILITY TO DEAL WITH VAGERIES OF NATURE”, “INABILITY TO REACH RIGHT MARKET/FORUMS” and most importantly “GAP-------GAP-----&-----GAP”.
Our Solution:-
1) Advice farmers on the modern techniques of irrigation like drip irrigation. Make them aware of good agricultural practices being followed elsewhere. Make use of IT on field to add value to the soil.
With so much anxiety and anticipation farmers showed us their farms. You will feel the need to extend your support to these people once you see their faces.
Few highlights from our trip.
1) Farmers have the Safal contract to grow tomato in their field.
2) Climate is cold, Soil is damp and humid and they use traditional farming techniques.
3) Farmers have land holding of 2-3acres on an average.
4) All farmers use flood irrigation.(Bore well irrigation)
5) Their plants are infected with Late blight disease.(Caused because of fungus attack on the plants due to damp and cold weather)
6) They use Jowar or Maze as crop rotation.
7) Some of them have Grameen bank account.
8) They use pesticides for disease infected plants.
9) NDDB Safal, people visit the village and give them assistance when required.
10) 24 hours electricity and water supply in the village.
Question for you:- Why is it that a village with 24 hours water and electricity supply facing such issues? How can this happen in a place just 100 kms away from Indias IT hub and Silicon Valley Bangalore? Just imagine those villages in India where we don’t even have basic tools and assistance to do farming. As professionals we are taught to reduce the error and add value to our work, how many farmers add value to the fields? Can we assist them in adding values to the fields? How we can disseminate information and good practices?
The reason for asking you so many questions is, we at CropEx Technology don’t like sentences with full stop. We like to question, we like to question ourselves, we like to question the existing system, we believe the child who is born with so many question is better than a grown up person with all answers.
Our View:-
For all the time we were there we kept thinking of the ways we can help them. All our discussions drilled down to same answers, “LACK OF TECHNICAL KNOW HOW”, “INABILITY TO DEAL WITH VAGERIES OF NATURE”, “INABILITY TO REACH RIGHT MARKET/FORUMS” and most importantly “GAP-------GAP-----&-----GAP”.
Our Solution:-
1) Advice farmers on the modern techniques of irrigation like drip irrigation. Make them aware of good agricultural practices being followed elsewhere. Make use of IT on field to add value to the soil.
2) Make concerned person aware of the field condition. We believe in “monitoring and mentoring”.
3) In our visit with the help of our agronomist and by ourselves we were able to find that the plants where infected with late blight which is dominant when in the cold weather condition.
3) In our visit with the help of our agronomist and by ourselves we were able to find that the plants where infected with late blight which is dominant when in the cold weather condition.
4) Equip farmers with technical knowhow in case of some unforeseen events. We will act a messenger between, farmer & nature, farmer & co-operate, farmer & market and farmer & you.
5) Our target is farmer’s limitation to spend money on information and your limitation of lack of time to get information from the field. Our vision is to make use of IT to bridge the gap, for wholesome development.
There are lot many issues that we have to address there are lot many miles we have to cover. We are not alone because we are empowered with ability to
5) Our target is farmer’s limitation to spend money on information and your limitation of lack of time to get information from the field. Our vision is to make use of IT to bridge the gap, for wholesome development.
There are lot many issues that we have to address there are lot many miles we have to cover. We are not alone because we are empowered with ability to
