Farmer's Ingenious Intercropping: Lakhs in Income from 14 Gunthas

• Nitin Khadsare, a farmer from Ranjani village, Pandharpur taluka, implemented an innovative intercropping experiment on 14 gunthas of land.
• After harvesting tomatoes, he planted Ball Sundari jujube trees on the same beds and cultivated ridge gourd as an intercrop.
• Khadsare initially earned a profit of one lakh rupees from tomato sales on the 14 gunthas, with cultivation costs between 30,000 to 40,000 rupees.
• He expects an additional profit of approximately 2 lakh rupees from the ridge gourd and Ball Sundari jujubes after deducting cultivation costs.
• Khadsare regularly sprays pesticides to protect the ridge gourd from diseases like powdery mildew, downy mildew, and fruit rot.

Why It Matters: An innovative farmer successfully used intercropping on 14 gunthas, turning a profit of lakhs from multiple crops.