Fish Farming for household consumption and a source of additional income

I dropped out from school after five due to family problems and have been working on my lands. I have 3.5 acres of upland, 1 acre of medium land, 2 acres of low land and a small pond - 300 square feet in size. I cultivate rice, finger millet, groundnut, green gram, black gram, pigeon pea in my land, and also do fish farming in my small pond. I have learned many things from the LANSA project of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, such as - line transplanting of finger millet, establishing a nutrition garden of fruits and vegetables, also the benefits of eating different types of foods. 

Name: Ghenu Khillo
Village: Atalguda, Block: Boipariguda, District: Koraput
Age: 30 years
Caste: Rana (OBC)
Occupation: Farmer (6.5 acres)
Family size: 6 (3 adults, 3 children) 
 
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