Experience of growing micronutrient fortified wheat variety

I am a marginal farmer with 6 acres of rainfed land; I also do lease farming on 4 acres of irrigated land. My family depends on farming. The M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation started work on Farming System for Nutrition in the village from 2013. In the first year, I received Netravati – 4210 variety of wheat seed as a part of on farm trial on 1 acre. The next year (2014 – 15), I got 16 quintal production from 1 acre. Earlier I was cultivating Lok-1 variety; my cost of cultivation was higher than my return.   

Name: Dadarao Jagalu Kamble
Village: Heti, Block: Karanja, District: Wardha
Age: 45 years
Caste: Mahar (SC)
Occupation: Farmer (6 acres) 
Family size: 5 (adults) 
 
Read full story in English (Translated by Rupal Wagh, Aliza Pradhan and R.V.Bhavani) and Marathi.

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