Bastar Farmer Ramnath Kashyap Earns Millions Selling Gourd Seeds, Reveals Smart Trick

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News18•13-02-2026, 15:16
Bastar Farmer Ramnath Kashyap Earns Millions Selling Gourd Seeds, Reveals Smart Trick
- •Ramnath Kashyap, a farmer from Bastar, Chhattisgarh, is earning millions by cultivating gourd and bitter gourd seeds instead of vegetables.
- •Seed cultivation offers less hassle as companies buy the seeds directly, and it requires less supervision.
- •He cultivates gourd seeds on two and a half acres, expecting 3-4 quintals of production per acre.
- •One quintal of gourd seeds fetches Rs 1.5 lakh, leading to a profit of approximately Rs 3.5 lakh after expenses of Rs 1 lakh.
- •Kashyap uses flood irrigation, DAP, potash, urea, and micronutrients, and manages diseases like powdery and downy mildew.
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