Important Factors
- A strong socially fabricated organizational set-up i.e. village development committee(VDC) which solves the villager’s personal problems, in the lead role.
- The lead role the women play in carrying out the agricultural activities viz., sowing, weeding, harvesting and supervision of farm labour.
- Their shift from traditional agriculture to commercialization of agriculture through seed production with high cropping intensity.
- The importance of role played by the women in getting more income from various crops. *More than 90 per cent of the domestic activities are attended by women.
- Appreciable influence of women on the decision making process related to domestic affairs ad also on agricultural activities like labour utilization and supervision.
- Small operational landholding size with intensive cultivation.
- Raising three crops in a calendar year thus the crop intensity is about 300%.
- Application of three truck load of farmyard manure (FYM) whenever the soil losses its fertility status which is tested based upon the turbidity of the soil.
- Lesser application of chemical fertilizer and plant protection measures.
- Seed production of maize, sorghum, bajra and commercial crops like turmeric, and vegetables.
- No land is kept barren in the village.
- Turmeric and maize are cultivated as intercrop.
- All the crops grown in this village meet the domestic requirement of the farm household (garlic, ginger, chillies, red gram, coriander, radish and leafy vegetables raised in small areas).
- When the power supply is erratic each farmer collects the water in a pond on the elevated structure and the water is released to the fields as per the convenience.
- Village level disciplinary committee is formed, if anybody does not obey the committee he/she will be socially boycotted.
- The village market yard facilitate the farmers to sell those farm produce.
- The farmer’s financial discipline made both the cooperative bank and nationalized bank (Andhra Bank) to run in a profitable way and they are pro-farmer.
- Organic and sustainable agriculture is the main concern of the farmers which ultimately protected the natural resource base of the village over the years.
- Farmers periodically attend the soil health problems.
- Women folk generally take care of farm operations and men look after the marketing related works.
- National Highway(NH) 44(7) and NH63(16) pass from the east and west edges of the village. This help the traders in the agri market to transport the goods to other cities and states. This is a great advantage to the village.
- village is located proximately to district headquarters Nizamabad (20 km) and mandal headquarters Armoor(5 km). This helps the villagers to procure seeds and fertilizers in a convenient way and also sell the farm produce.
- Nizam Sagar canal passes from the heart of the village (since 10 years the canal flows rarely).
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