Khargone: Farmers of Khargone at the moment are choosing ashwagandha (Indian ginseng) after rising cotton, wheat and chillies for years. The inclination of farmers in direction of the farming of medicinal crops is clearly seen now. Ashwagandha is an efficient medicinal herb able to curing round 80 p.c of human illnesses.
In August final yr, in a WhatsApp group on natural farming, younger farmers of Bamkhal, Devla and Nagarla had a dialogue on losses on account of conventional farming and methods to emerge from these losses. To implement it, younger farmers of the group went on a 400-km lengthy journey to watch crops of ashwagandha. In Bhatkhedi of Neemuch district, Khargone farmers learnt the first strategies of farming from their farmer good friend Shyam Vishwakarma. After this, the younger farmers of Khargone purchased seeds. Some purchased up 40 kg to 60 kg of ashwagandha seeds, which they sowed in Khargone final September. The enjoyment of the younger farmers knew no bounds when a researcher from Indore reached farmers’ fields to watch their good crops.
Cultivation began in a single acre: Kaluram Yadav, a 32-year-old younger farmer from Nagarla, began cultivating ashwagandha on on acre discipline and sowed 40 kg seeds. Kaluram stated that he has been cultivating cotton, chillies and wheat for years. Generally, there was revenue and typically loss. In such a state of affairs, there was dialogue on the cultivation of ashwagandha, which doesn’t require manure and any extra value and so he opted for Ashwagandha farming, he added. In the present day the crops have borne fruit in surplus.
Other than him, 30-year-old Vijay Yadav of Bamkhal additionally began experimenting with Ashwagandha. Ashok Sitaram Yadav of Bamkhal, Jitendra Salkaram Yadav, Ganesh Ramesh Yadav, Vijay Yadav and Ashok Yadav of Devla are additionally cultivating ashwagandha in Khargone district. Kaluram states that no manure and pesticide is required for its cultrivation. Each a part of this crop is offered. Ashwagandha is sweet for eyesight, can remedy throat illness, chest illnesses, tuberculosis, arthritis, pores and skin and abdomen illnesses, constipation and bodily weak spot.
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