How one irrigation structure gave Ramgarh its first Rabi harvest and local farmer Fulsai Pandu his land back
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Kavili Bal Reddy, a farmer from Appireddipally in Narayanpet mandal owns 7.5 acres of land on which he has been growing paddy in both Kharif and Rabi season for decades. That’s when Reddy decided to do something different. As part of the Farmer Field School (FFS) organised by WOTR under the Axis Bank Foundation’s Sustainable Livelihoods Programme, Reddy learnt about the concept of cultivating Green Manure Crops (GMCs).
How one irrigation structure gave Ramgarh its first Rabi harvest and local farmer Fulsai Pandu his land back
Kavili Bal Reddy, a farmer from Appireddipally in Narayanpet mandal owns 7.5 acres of land on which he has been growing paddy in both Kharif and Rabi season for decades. That’s when Reddy decided to do something different. As part of the Farmer Field School (FFS) organised by WOTR under the Axis Bank Foundation’s Sustainable Livelihoods Programme, Reddy learnt about the concept of cultivating Green Manure Crops (GMCs).
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