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, fe...
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