Teaching farming to over 1,000 families in India

Our first report from the field is from the village of Madan Danga at our operations location, Familia. We visited our farmers in this village in February and spoke to them about how their enterprise is progressing a year on from registering for Agri-management Services and starting their training programme with Shivia on organic farming techniques.

We'd like to introduce you to Monajat, one of our more established farmers, and witness the 'before and after' effect of AMS on his crops. This is what Monajat told us about how Shivia is helping him. 

“I am farming on leased land.  Farming is my only source of income and I have a large family to provide for, with two school age children.  I registered with Shivia so that I could learn how to reduce my farming expenses and produce better quality outputs.  At the moment I am growing onions, peas and cabbages.  I am definitely seeing good results compared to previous years and have learned how to make bio-pesticides.  My ambition is to become the proud owner of a small piece of land one day and send my children to a better school if I can so they receive a good education for their future.”

We took some photos in one of Monajat's fields where he growing cabbages.  You can see how well his crop is growing compared to a nearby field where the farmer is not registered on our AMS programme.  With soil testing, crop selection, training on planting techniques and use of bio-products, we are helping farmers to significantly increase their yield over time, and hence their earnings.

Thank you for supporting Shivia and helping us to help some of India's very poor farmers increase their income and provide better lives for their families.

We look forward to reporting more good news from our farmers in rural West Bengal very soon.

With best wishes from,

The team at Shivia

Links:

• Shivia's website