Engineer’s Biofertiliser Helps Farmers Cut Costs by 50%, Earns Him Over Rs 1 Crore
thebetterindia
2024.02.22
Tejraj Sahu, a farmer hailing from the Bargarh district of Odisha, recalls his best day ever to be in March 2023. It was the day the farmer trusted his paddy field with a new fertiliser. The harsh scorching sun coupled with unseasonal rains and reduced water holding capacity of the field had spelt trouble for Sahu’s crops for some time.
But just when things were looking bleak, he got to know about a new fertiliser ‘Navyakosh’ that was making waves in the farming community in Uttar Pradesh.
Sahu immediately got in touch with its creator Akshay Shrivastav from Kushinagar. He wanted to understand if the fertiliser lived up to what it promised — increasing yield by 20 percent while cutting the cost by 50 percent.
Akshay assured him it did.
To gain Sahu’s trust, Akshay told him he would be shipping him one tonne of the product (20 bags of fertiliser) for free. “You can try it to believe it,” he told Sahu, who was thrilled.
In the months that followed, not only did this “miracle” product help Sahu’s paddy field tremendously, but it also increased productivity in the neighbouring fields where it was used. In total, 15 farmers were witness to the wonders of the product.
Tejraj Sahu, a farmer hailing from the Bargarh district of Odisha, recalls his best day ever to be in March 2023. It was the day the farmer trusted his paddy field with a new fertiliser. The harsh scorching sun coupled with unseasonal rains and reduced water holding capacity of the field had spelt trouble for Sahu’s crops for some time.
But just when things were looking bleak, he got to know about a new fertiliser ‘Navyakosh’ that was making waves in the farming community in Uttar Pradesh.
Sahu immediately got in touch with its creator Akshay Shrivastav from Kushinagar. He wanted to understand if the fertiliser lived up to what it promised — increasing yield by 20 percent while cutting the cost by 50 percent.
Akshay assured him it did.
To gain Sahu’s trust, Akshay told him he would be shipping him one tonne of the product (20 bags of fertiliser) for free. “You can try it to believe it,” he told Sahu, who was thrilled.
In the months that followed, not only did this “miracle” product help Sahu’s paddy field tremendously, but it also increased productivity in the neighbouring fields where it was used. In total, 15 farmers were witness to the wonders of the product.
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