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Here is the story of Ajit's journey who will be sharing about  Zero Budget Farming at the Jaipur Unconference on 12th March, 2016. 

                                           

"I completed my graduation from Pune University and got an opportunity to serve on a farm (450 acres) near Belgaum amidst a tropical evergreen forest of western ghats, there I developed my interests with land and cows, we had a task which people thought of impossible that is to grow your own food without any modern facilities of technology not even electricity. 

I took vegetable cultivation and cow care. The area receives annual rainfall of 5000 to7000 mm, which makes it difficult for the vegetables  to survive in the four month monsoon period. People there were skeptical about growing anything there, however we managed to grow 20 varieties of veggies in rainy season. It was a pleasant surprise for neighbours to  see that we harvested at least of 200 pumpkins(ripened), 200kgs of  4 varieties of cucumbers only, and all in a small patch of rain fed land. 

We cultivated all this with only pure pure organic inputs without any expenditure from external sources. When we had realised that our soil was deprived of fertility which is vital force for plants to grow,  we started to work on land by using cows to fertilise it and improve the carbon(organic matter) in soil. Then journey started for transforming or healing the E class soil to A class. 

Now on my own land at pandharpur in Maharashtra we cultivate sericulture with no till zero budget farming on 4 acres of land from  which we earn about 6 lac net annual income. 

Currently I am in Bassi, near Jaipur at Agrawal farm created by Deepti Agrawal and her team. Here I am part of the team which looks at  holistic management of cows and we work towards improving the soil fertility, conserving carbon and water to improve in every aspect of the soil, to restore mother earth to its natural form and we also do it in natural ways. 


I would enjoy sharing my learnings with the Jaipur Unconference friends so people in the city who are longing to grow some food in their home gardens or pots in the balconies can get some skills to do so. We will learn how to make compost from the kitchen waste and grow seasonal vegetables in our homes so we can nourish our families with wholesome and safe food.







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