By Atul Lekhra | Manager-Resource Mobilization
Dharma is a farmer in Vasela village, Kotra block. Seva Mandir set up a vegetable nursery in his village and he was one of 10-15 farmers who bought a number of plants to start a small-scale vegetable growing operation.
Dharma used to grow a few vegetables before Seva Mandir started this project, but he had to get his plants from Gujarat (a nearby state). Now that they are available locally, he has increased his production considerably. He finds that the plants reared locally are much healthier and more likely to survive than those brought from further afield, and if a plant dies it’s easy to go back to the nursery, something not possible if he has bought it from across the state border.
He has 150 chillies, 50 aubergines/eggplants and 50 tomato plants. He plans to plant papayas when Seva Mandir introduces these soon.
Dharma has increased his family’s income by about Rs 100-150 a day (in season) from selling his surplus produce, and his family is eating many more vegetables than they did before. In an area where average per capita income is Rs 90 a day (the equivalent of 1 GB or USD 1.33), this is a really significant help.
It is your support that has made this possible. Your donations have enabled us to help these poor farmers in southern Rajasthan increase their meager income and improve their family’s diet.
Thank you so much.
Regards
Atul Lekhra and the Seva Mandir Team
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By Atul Lekhra | Manager- Resource Mobilization
By Atul Lekhra | Manager- Resource Mobilization
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