The farmer is yet to be recognised by the government or scientists

From an outside perspective every village appears the same. Only when you spend time in villages, you realise and see a farmer's brilliance,” says Dr. Nitin Maurya, National Innovation Foundation, Ahmedabad. There is so much of local latent talent that remains unknown.

Today farmers complain of government negligence, but in terms of local inventions they are equal to any scientist's discovery.

New method

Mr. Sunda Ram, a farmer of the dry Sikar region in Rajasthan developed a new method of dryland farming.

Mr. Ram's unique method was based on his ancestors' practices recorded over 30 years, and developed over years of trial-and-error on dryland farming, according to him.

The hard fact for him is seedlings grow well if they survive a fortnight after planting in the soil.

The farmer attended a training course on dryland technology at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi..................Click for more

Source Web Page: The Hindu