Carrot cultivation: This farmer is earning lakhs from carrot farming

Carrot cultivation: Carrots are grown in the Tankuppa block region of the Gaya district in Bihar. About 60 acres of this block are used for carrot cultivation, and farmers have been making good money from it for years. It is widely grown in the block area’s Tankuppa, Barsauna, Barsima, and Dhibar villages. Here, farmers grow carrots of the Ashok type. In ninety days, this variety will be ready. It is less expensive to grow and yields more than ten times the profit. Cultivating one kattha brings in 10–12 thousand rupees for farmers.

Each kattha may produce up to five quintals.

Compared to other vegetables and potatoes, carrots are one crop that provides farmers with a decent return. Carrots are a 90-day crop that yields four to five quintals per kattha. Carrots are also offered in the market at a wholesale price of 20 to 30 rupees per kilogram. Its cultivation costs farmers between 500 and 1000 rupees per kattha. Carrots are highly sought for at this Gaya vegetable market. In addition, a lot of Tankuppa farmers sell it in Koderma, Jharkhand.

Carrots are grown by more than 50 farms.

Carrot farming is practiced by more than 50 farmers in the block area, many of them are women farmers. Three types of carrots are grown by farmers and sold in the market at varying prices. The market prices of the three various carrot varieties—large, medium, and small—vary. The carrot crop takes three months to mature. Farmers sow the vegetable crop Garam in the fields after growing carrots. Here, farmers begin growing carrots during the wet season. Some people only harvest once, while others harvest twice. While the carrots planted today will be harvested in the month of Chait, those planted during the wet season are now being gathered.

On 60 acres, carrots are being grown.

Carrot farming has been practiced in the Tankuppa block region for many years, according to farmer Ishwar Kumar Verma of Barasuna village, who spoke to media. It is cultivated mostly in Tankuppa village. Numerous communities within the block region have begun cultivating it due to its cheap cost and high profit margin. In addition to Tankuppa, it is widely grown on around 60 acres in the villages of Barasuna, Dhibar, and Barsima. In addition to being more profitable than other vegetables, this crop is disease-free. Its cultivation requires three to four irrigations. He said that the farmers here begin growing other veggies following carrots.