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Agriculture | How to be Self Sufficient in Agriculture? This Star Farmer Explains the Secret -K Shiva Kumar

How to be Self Sufficient in Agriculture? This Star Farmer Explains the Secret -K Shiva Kumar

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published Published on Oct 7, 2015   modified Modified on Oct 7, 2015
-The New Indian Express

MYSURU: His origins speak of hardship and hard work. Farmer Puttaiah, son of a bonded labourer, who has been invited by the state government to inaugurate Dasara festivities, is, however in the limelight today as he has been a symbol of self-sufficiency and hope for fellow farmers.

Of his childhood, Puttaiah says, “My father Karaiah, a bonded labourer, worked for Rs 100 per annum with landlords in K Belathur. He served as a bonded labourer for many years to feed us a square meal.” He counts the government decision to give his family four acres in a rainfed area around Maral village as a “blessing in disguise”.

For Puttaiah, whose father was a bonded labourer in the remote village in Heggadevana Kote taluk, this Dasara will be a special one.

“I have watched the Dasara procession standing in the scorching sun at K R Circle to get a glimpse of the Vijayadasahmi procession and presiding deity lord Chamundeshwari. I am happy that God in another form has recognised the efforts of my family and has given us an opportunity to inaugurate the festivities,” he says.

He acknowledges the role the state government has had to play in turning the hard work of decades by his brothers and himself into a success story, rising from humble origins to self-sufficient farmers in the past 40 years.

New Thought: All these years, the government and district administration drove to Bengaluru to invite writers, intellectuals, scientists and seers to the Dasara festivities. Change came this year, when the government vehicles, led by DC C Shikha, made a beeline to the Malar Dalit Colony to reach out to Puttaiah’s family.

The Invite

The Deputy Commissioner felicitated Puttaiah with a Mysuru turban, garland, shawls and fruits. Puttaiah’s family, an a joint family of 40 members that includes 21 graduates, including a law graduate, was dressed in traditional attire.

They offered the visitors coconut and banana grown in his farm, and food prepared from the nine women members of the family.

Puttaiah’s Story

Puttaiah told Express that the family has manages to earn Rs 25 lakh to Rs 30 lakh   annually after adopting the multi-cropping pattern. His farm on 40 acres is a mini agriculture university as he has planted teak, mango, jackfruit and spared six acres for crops.

He has adopted the sprinkler and drip irrigation methods to grow cash and non-cash crops like sugarcane, cotton, ragi, paddy and maize. He has since purchased land, drilled eight borewells, adopted modern water management system and cultivated on all the 40 acres.

Discipline

Puttaiah and a majority of his family members are vegetarians and they never cook or eat, serve or drink alcohol on their farm.

The women members cook at one place, and the family eats in a big dinning hall. All generations share their thoughts and experiences over the meals.
 
The New Indian Express, 6 October, 2015, please click here to access

The New Indian Express, 6 October, 2015, http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/How-to-be-Self-Sufficient-in-Agriculture-This-Star-Farmer-Explains-the-Secret/2015/10/06/article3065388.ece


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