Organic Farming- Success Story of Hukumchand Patidar|From farm to foreign kitchen- By Monika S

मुझे खुशी है कि झालावाड़ निवासी किसान भाई श्री हुकमचंद पाटीदार जी को #PadmaShri के लिए चुना गया है। जैविक कृषि के क्षेत्र में आपके नित नए प्रयोग अद्वितीय है और आस्ट्रेलिया, जापान, फ्रांस, श्रीलंका, कोरिया जैसे देशों तक आपका अनाज पहुंचता है। हार्दिक बधाई! - VASUNDHARA RAJE- EX CM RAJASTHAN

Organic farming system is not new in India. It has been followed in ancient times as well.

The success story of Hukumchand Patidar has appeared in Satyamev Jayte Show. The spreadover of his organic farm is 40 acres. Resident of Manpura village of Jhalawar, he is the founder of Swami Vivekanand Agricutural Research Farm. The name of Hukumchand Patidar may not flash in a common man’s mind but he is quite well known worldwide in the field of organic farming. Organic farming is being done regularly on Patidar’s farm. Experiments with various crops are being done. His farm provides organic products to 7 countries of the world. He is the recipient of various awards in the field of agriculture.

Hukumchand Patidar started organic farming in the year 2004. Initially he grew organic crops on 4 acres of land. The wheat crop suffered a drop of 40 percent in the first year but he was determined not to use any chemical fertilizers and sprays. Taking loan from bank, he prepared vermi-compost and used it on his crops. This resulted in a good crop and his losses were covered. He then started organic farming on 40 acres of land. Though he did face a number of problems like less production, no guidance, lack of availability of options, he did not give up. Since then he is constantly on the rise by using vermi-compost for his crop.

Farm to kitchen.com is his website through which he markets his crops in MadhyaPradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab and Gujarat. Wheat, barley, gram, fenugreek, coriander, garlic etc are also grown on his farm. Apart from India, his produce is also in demand in foreign countries like Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Germany, France and Korea. Students from these nations come to his farm to learn organic farming.