Success Story - 2

Banta Hazam is a village of Hazam Panchayat of Silli block in Ranchi district with approx 550 households and consisting the population of 2762 with male 1420 and female 1342 respectively.

Every farmers of this village has been facing the problem of irrigation in the production of their crops. Every farmers are fully dependent on the Monsoon. During the kharif (wet) season, farmers main crop is Paddy; their next crop consists of seasonal vegetables, oilseeds, and pulses. Most farmers in the village are either marginal, having less than 1 hectare of farmland, or small, with a farm size of 1-2 hectares.

Sri Sanjay Kumar Manjhi is a small farmer resides in the village of Banta Hazam and having the land ownership of 7-8 acres of land. He is sincere, hard laborious, honest and highly committed to his work. Due to lack of irrigation and technical facility, he was unable to utilize his land for generating his income. Our organization selected him as a beneficiaries for the project of National Horticulture Mission, Ranchi, Jharkhand for the cultivation of Chilly in the year 2007-08 and 2008-09. We have finalize the agreement with Sri Sanjay Kumar Manjhi for covering his 1 acre of land in the year 2007-08 and 1 acre of land in the year 2008-09 for the cultivation of Chilly. The Khata No. of his land is 44 and Plot No. are 3115 and 5155. He started his work with our support and guideline.

We have provided him every type of technical and physical support by the active cooperation and participation of officers of NHM, Jharkhand. The officer of NHM and agricultural specialist has supported us and our farmer time to time. As we have already mentioned, that he is sincere, hard laborious, honest and highly committed to his work. Due to his hard labour, commitment and sincerity, he is successful to produce 1500 KG (15 Qunt.) of Chilly in the year 2007-08. He sold it @ Rs. 70/- per kg. and surprisingly done the turnover of Rs. 1,05,000. He again produce 1500 KG (15 Qunt.) of Chilly in the year 2008-09. He sold it @ Rs. 75/- per kg. and surprisingly done the turnover of Rs. 1,12,500. At present, he has already involved in some other schemes of National Horticulture Mission, Ranchi, Jharkhand with active support of our organization.