Selvendran S/o. Chinnagurusamy is a 48 years old farmer of Vadamalaikurichi village in Virudhunagar district and he owns 5 acre of land. He was using conventional method with plenty of chemical fertilizer and pesticides in his lanf and as a consequence the soil of his field was drained off nutrients and cultivation cost has increased that affected his net income from agriculture.
After he joined Viruthai Millets Farmer Producer company as a member he attended training and meetings conducted by Extention Officials of Agriculture Department of Virudhunagar. He gained knowledge on organic farming including knowledge on usage of bio fertilizer seed treatment, bio fungicide seed treatment, farmyard manure application, bio pesticide eco friendly pest management, and cultivation of Biological Nitrogen harvesting plants Production of Vermicompost .etc.
As a result of this he is selling his crop products at an increased price from Rs 15.71 per Kg to Rs 16.78 per Kg. Due to this more farmers in his village are converting to organic cultivation.
His contact number to learn the support we provided and also to learn from is experience is: +91 9445422707