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Nutrient-rich jackfruit farming can brighten your luck
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Nutrient-rich jackfruit farming can brighten your luck

By cultivating jackfruit, farmers can earn excellent profits. Farmers can plant 150 jackfruit saplings in just one hectare of land. This is beneficial news for the farmer brothers who are bored of cultivating potatoes and onions. Farmers who want to do something different in the agriculture sector. He can get handsome profits by cultivating jackfruit i.e. jackfruit. Jackfruit is used both as a vegetable and a fruit. In many homes, its pickle is also added, which is very tasty to consume. Jackfruit is also one of the most sought-after vegetables in the market.

Plenty of minerals are found inside jackfruit

Jackfruit is rich in vitamins and minerals. It contains many vitamins like vitamin C, vitamin B6, niacin. Along with this, minerals like phosphorus, calcium, sodium, iron, potassium and zinc are also present in jackfruit. Jackfruit is also known as an evergreen crop. For your information, let us know that it can be cultivated in any season. Apart from Kerala, Karnataka, UP, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal, jackfruit is also cultivated in many other states. Loamy soil is considered most suitable for jackfruit cultivation. Experts say that it is necessary to have a good drainage system in the jackfruit field.

Also read: Farmers will benefit from this new variety of jackfruit discovered by scientists

Better ploughing of the field is necessary for the farmer brothers

Before cultivating jackfruit, the farmer should plow the field in the best way. Put cow dung in the field as fertilizer. Now dig pits at an equal distance and plant jackfruit plants. Actually, after 15 days, the farmer brothers should irrigate the field. Farmers can also use vermi compost and neem cake as manure.

How many plants are planted in a hectare

If you are cultivating jackfruit with seeds in your garden, then fruits will start coming in 6 years. On the other hand, after farming in a goose way, fruits come in the jackfruit garden in a very short time. About 140 to 150 jackfruit saplings are planted in one hectare. Farmers can earn lakhs of rupees by cultivating jackfruit in one hectare of land.
15-Sep-2023
Farmers will get 90 percent subsidy on beekeeping in this state.
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Farmers will get 90 percent subsidy on beekeeping in this state.

Along with farming, beekeeping can also increase the income of farmers. Keeping this in mind, Bihar Horticulture Directorate has started Beekeeping and Honey Mission Scheme. Under this scheme, 90 percent subsidy will be given to the farmers doing beekeeping. To increase the income of farmers, a scheme for beekeeping is being issued by Bihar Horticulture Directorate. This scheme is being run in the name of Bee Keeping and Honey Mission. Actually, under this scheme, grants are given to beekeeping farmers. 75 percent subsidy is given to general category farmers and 90 percent subsidy is given to SC, ST by the state government. Provision for grant on equipment for beekeeping such as honey processing, bottling, honey testing and bee boxes has been made. It is noteworthy that under the National Horticulture Mission and Chief Minister Horticulture Mission Scheme, 75 percent of the total grant is provided for General Caste and 90 percent grant is provided for Scheduled Caste.

Bihar government is encouraging honey production

Bihar government will provide 75,000 bee boxes and hives to farmers to encourage honey production. For your information, let us tell you that only farmers registered on DBT portal can apply for this. Along with the boxes, beekeeper hives will also be provided. There will be 8 frames present in the hive with the queen, drones and workers. The inner walls of all frames will be completely covered with bees and brood. Along with this, grant will also be given on honey extraction equipment for extracting honey.

Also read: you can earn lakhs by beekeeping

Benefits of beekeeping

If farmers do it as a business, it has a lot of benefits. At the same time, it also helps a lot in pollination of crops. This increases crop production. Farmers can also earn good profits by beekeeping and selling the honey produced from it in the markets.

Apply like this to avail the scheme

To apply online, first of all you have to go to the official website of Horticulture Department http://horticulture.bihar.gov.in/. After this select the scheme option on the home page. After this you click on Integrated Horticulture Development Mission Scheme. Then apply for beekeeping. After this the registration form will open. After this, fill all the requested information carefully. After filling all the information, submit it. Then your application will be successfully submitted.
13-Oct-2023