Akshayakalpa have started on a firm footing to engineer next agriculture revolution in India through village and farmer level entrepreneurship models. The first farm went live recently and as of today's -- Nataraj's gross income is Rs. 70,000 per month (USD 1270 per moth at exchange rate of Rs. 55 per USD) from selling milk from his dairy operations. He
produces about 120 liters of milk every day (as of 30th June 2012)
Quotes from recent press coverage - Hindu
“Manual labour has been reduced considerably in the
farm. Cow dung and urine are flushed into a biogas plant. The gas
(methane) generated in the plant is used to operate a generator to
produce power for eight hours in a day. This will be enough to operate
irrigation pumpsets and other machinery in the farm,” he said. Further,
the slurry from the bio-gas plant is led to a bio-digester. The filtrate
is pumped out through a sprinkler system to the farm. “The cultivation
is completely organic. Chemical fertilizers are avoided at all levels.”
“I am happy with the results of this venture. We don't
have labourers. Our family members are enough for the work. The best
part is that we are getting power to run the pumpset from the bio-gas
plant. Earlier we had to wait for the power supply to lift water.”
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-districtplus/article3409891.ece
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-districtplus/article3409890.ece
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3406812.ece
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