Impact of KVK
Title : - Hybrid Tomato provided a new source of income in district Siddharthnagar U.P.
Introduction
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sohna Siddharthnagar is eastablished in 1992 under leond Tal Area Development Society in the Chairsmanship of Late Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh, Ex Governer of Karnataka State and Ex State minister of Agriculture. He initiated the scientists of KVK to grow hybrid vegetables like Tomato, Brinjal, Cauliflower and Cucurbits in nearby areas of KVK. At that time the hybrid vegetable seed not available in the district. He talked to Dr. Man Mohan Akhtavar, the chief of Indo American seed company Bangalore and he provided the hybrid seed of vegetable crops. In year 1994, the nursaries of hybrid vegetable were grown in KVK farm and distributed to the farmer under FLD programme. The programme were very successful at KVK farm and farmers field and farmers were fully convienced to the hybrid tomato cultivation.
KVK Intervention
In 1995, the KVK provided the seeds of hybrid tomato to the nearby 25 farmers for 10 ha land, and also trained them to cultivate the hybrid tomato successfully and time to time farmers field visited and technical advisory services provided them.
Output of Hybrid Tomato
Hybrid tomato cultivation was started nearby kvk farmers by 10 ha lands and ets area gradually increases year wise in all 14 blocks of the district. KVK head quater is situated in Block Bhanwapur and in this Block highest area covered under hybrid tomato cultivation (about 150 ha) followed by Khuniyaon, Jogia and Uska block. The total area under hybrid tomato cultivation is about 550 ha in the district.
Outcome of Hybrid Tomato
In the district about 1250 farmers grow hybrid vegetables and KVk scientist collected the following information from one farmers of each block which is shown in following table
| S.N. | Farmers Name | Block | q./ha | Expenditure (Rs./ha) | Gross Income (Rs./ha) | Net Income (Rs./ha) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ram Das Maurya | Bhanawapur | 610 | 116000 | 366000 | 250000 |
| 2 | Ram Kishor Chaudhary | Khuniyaon | 540 | 108000 | 324000 | 216000 |
| 3 | Brijesh Bahadur Singh | Mithwal | 525 | 107000 | 315000 | 208000 |
| 4 | Munna Singh | Itwa | 450 | 950000 | 279000 | 189000 |
| 5 | Haider Alam | Bharhni | 465 | 90000 | 279000 | 189000 |
| 6 | Ram Chandra Chaudhary | Shouhratgarh | 580 | 105000 | 348000 | 243000 |
| 7 | Harish Chandra Mishra | Naugarah | 550 | 110000 | 330000 | 220000 |
| 8 | Atal Vihari | Bansi | 570 | 112000 | 342000 | 230000 |
| 9 | Om Prakash Gupta | Domariganj | 470 | 102000 | 282000 | 180000 |
| 10 | Sant Ram | Uska | 520 | 110000 | 312000 | 202000 |
| 11 | Luxam Chaudhary | Birdpur | 565 | 120000 | 229000 | 219000 |
| 12 | Sri Ram Kesh | Jogia | 540 | 112000 | 324000 | 212000 |
| 13 | Rajendra Pandey | Khesaraha | 540 | 112000 | 324000 | 212000 |
| 14 | Shiv Sankar Pandey | Loten | 475 | 95000 | 285000 | 190000 |
| Total | 524 | 1051420 | 314400 | 209428 |
It is shown from above table that the average net income is Rs. 209428/ha. The maximum yield was recorded 610 Qtl./ha by Shri Ram Das Maurya with the net income Rs. 250000/ha followed by Ram Chandra Chaudhary e.i. 580 qtl./ha and Rs. 243000/ha.The lowest yield was found 450 qtl./ha with the net income Rs. 175000/ha.
Larger Impact of Technology in the District
The hybrid tomato cultiver have been socially and economically sound. Now they mostly using motyercycle T.V. and having Pakka house. Their childran studying in good school and colleges. The farmers are realizing that the vegetable farming can be used to get more returns from unit area of land in comperision to cereals and other crops.
