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VANRAJ SINGH CHAUHAN- A TALENTED AGRICULTURIST

INTRODUCTION

Vanraj Singh Chauhan is an agriculturist. He is currently living in Bawadiya village. He has 100 acres of land in which 70 is his own and rest is rental where he cultivates and grows different types of crops in each season. He has a lot of information and knowledge about cultivating. He is gifted in natural cultivating and has incredible information about new strategies, methods and techniques. He is actually quite persevering and has a viewpoint to accomplish an objective. He is an all-rounder in his field farming. He is having great experience in his field.

HISTORY

Vanraj Singh Chauhan was born in Karjwad village in Baroda, Gujarat. Before 12 years back, he started practicing organic farming. He was instructed by an association named Swadhyay Parivar. He used to assist his father in farming with his school life and studies. He used to manage everything. One of the local names of his farm is Boras Prakritik Kheti Farm. He is also practising chemical farming but only in 3 acres of land in which he cultivates kapas.

EDUCATION

Vanraj Singh Chauhan has studied secondary (till 10th) education in Methi Vidhya mandir school and higher secondary (11th and 12th) in Bharat Vidyalaya in Sadhvi village, Baroda, Gujarat. He was a talented person in his school life also. He used to be a scholar in his school life.

FAMILY BACKGROUND

In his family, he has a mother, wife and two sons. His mother is aged around 70 year. His wife helps in his agriculture work and also manages his household work. Both his sons are currently studying in Baroda. One of his sons is studying M.SC and the other one is doing M.COM. His ancestors use to do farming and he is taking the legacy ahead. He feels proud to take this legacy ahead.

CURRENT SITUATION

At present, Vanraj Singh Chauhan grows a great variety of crops. In the winter season he cultivates wheat and chana. In the monsoon season he uses to cultivate rice, all types of vegetables and arhar. In the summer season he cultivates moong, cucumber, and karela. He has been working in many NGOs till now like SRISHTI and Jatan Baroda for 5 years. ORGANIC FARMING (Experience) Vanraj Singh Chauhan has started practicing organic farming for 12 years. He was taught by an organization named Swadhyay Parivar who gives free education and knowledge to the farmers about organic farming. He has started his first organic farming with 5 acres of land growing rice and vegetables but this was for his household purpose only. And now he is practising organic farming since long, people living in villages are also demanding organic products, foods, grains and vegetables. Now he is the owner of a “training center” where they are teaching other farmers about organic farming.

AWARDS

Vanraj Singh Chauhan has a certificate of practising organic farming. He has many awards named “JILLA KE SHRESTH PASHU PALAK” and “SHRESTH JILLA KISHAN”.

SELLING AND PACKAGING

Vanraj Singh Chauhan cultivates and sells the products and grain from his place itself. He produces wheat approx.17-20 kgs, sells them in 1-5, 25 package size and selling rate per kg is 40Rs. Produces 15 kgs of rice, sells them 1-5, 10, 25 package size and selling rate per kg is 70Rs. Produces 700 kgs of chana, sells them in 1-5 package size and selling rate per kg is 80Rs. People can place the order on call and he goes and delivers the products from customers home to home.

ORGANIC MANURE

He is very talented in new technology like drip irrigation facilities, pesticides and manure. They are using drip irrigation facilities for all types of vegetables. He has 100-110 cows. He uses the cow dunk and their urine to make organic manure and it is beneficial for the cultivation of crops. They use DESI GOBAR for compost manure. To make pesticides they use neem, akdo, brahmastra, neemastra, agniastra, cow urine, and cow dunk. They make medicines for the fertility of crops. They are home delivering cow milk to the main city of Baroda and those people are also buying grains, vegetables and organic products.