Benefiting from MCL’s community development project- ‘Utthhan’, Bipin Behera, a farmer from Basiapada village under Birsingarh panchayat of Jujumura block in Sambalpur district, has transformed a barren land into a high density agriculture and horticulture paradise.
The septuagenarian was felicitated by MCL Director (Personnel) Keshav Rao for his hard work and becoming a role model for the people from adjoining areas. The MCL has been implementing the CSR initiative in partnership with BAIF since 2019. Under its agro-horti (i.e. WADI) module, training was provided to farmers to develop underutilised piece of land 0.5 acre into green plantation with intercropping of vegetables. This gives an assured income of around Rs 30,000 per year to the individual beneficiaries. As many as 216 such Wadi plots have been established under the project.
The accomplishments of Behera assumes importance owing to the fact that his multi-cropping has yielded a record income of Rs 68,000 since September 2019.