Farmer stories
India Sabita Sahu is a vegetable farmer in the village of Lolasingi, located in the Indian state of Odisha. She grows a variety of crops, including tomato, chili, maize, bitter gourd and beans. In the past, she oftentimes faced problems due to a lack of cultivation knowledge and a high cost of production. “I am very happy to learn the new technologies that were introduced to me by East-West Seed KT,” “I am also grateful to the staff for helping me to improve my vegetable cultivation practices and livelihood.”
Then East-West Seed KT staff contacted her, and she agreed to grow a bitter gourd demo on 195 sqm of land. EWS-KT introduced new and innovative techniques to both her and her neighbors. As a result of EWS-KT’s guidance, her next crop was more profitable than what she would have obtained through traditional growing practices. With her profit she was then able to invest in additional materials to improve her plot of farmland. She now cultivates vegetables on over 8,000 sqm of land. She says she is confident to grow more crops by using practices she learned from the KT team, and she is also actively sharing her knowledge with other villagers.
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