Bengaluru: Basavaraj Ullagaddi is an unassuming young person, given his appearance. However, his accomplishments, despite being a marginal farmer and a daily wage earner, have enabled him to become a prosperous farmer.
A native of Haralur village: Basavaraj Ullagaddi is a native of Haralur village in Mudhol Taluk of Bagalkote district and a small peasant with just 1.5-02 acres of land, and is managing about 2.5 acres of land under the system of sharecropping. In all, he is managing about 4.5 acres of land holdings apart from being a daily wage earner.
Two lakhs gross income from Garlic: Basavaraj Ullagaddi is growing Turmeric and sugarcane intercropped with Garlic in his meagre land holdings. From just 18 gunta of his land, he has made a gross income of Rs. Two lakhs by growing Garlic as an intercrop in Sugarcane.
Four and a half lakhs from Sugarcane: Basavaraj Ullagaddi had also grown Sugarcane in an area of 2.5-03 acres last year and reaped the crop to the quantum of 150 tons, fetching him another gross income of about Rs 04.50 lakhs in 10-11 months.
Six lakhs income from Turmeric: Basavaraj Ullagaddi had grown a Turmeric crop in one acre of land as a tenant, yielding him around 40 quintals of dry Turmeric. The same was sold at the rate of Rs 15,000/- quintal, enabling him a gross income of Rs Six lakhs.
A happy person at the end of the day: Basavaraj Ullagaddi is a casual labourer, small farmer and a sharecropper with a negligible portion of land as his own. But he is wise enough to generate enough income for his small family of wife and parents.
Being hardworking and vigilant helped: "Basavaraj Ullagaddi is hardworking, vigilant, aware and a keen observer of the successful farmers around him. There are several farmers in his village making nothing less than Rs 02-04 lakhs on one acre of land every year. It is bread and butter, along with survival, that makes people like him strive for better living conditions. All of them are very happy in spite of owning a small fraction of land holdings. They have been diligent in maintaining their crops, lands and animal husbandry, very systematically and at the end of the day, they are all very happy", says Shivayogi R. Byakod.
A role model and source of inspiration: Shivayogi R. Byakod, a postgraduate in Agriculture, owns the Sneha Krishi Agri Clinic & Agro Services Centre in Mahalingpur of Bagalkote district and has been a role model, source of inspiration and a guiding spirit to enthusiastic farmers of the region for more than 35 years. Perhaps the number of beneficiaries through his consultancy services is never-ending, and likewise, the amazing success stories!
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