Chhatarpur Farmer Boosts Betel Leaf Yield with Homemade Organic Pot Fertilizer

• Bhagwan Das Chaurasia, a betel leaf farmer from Garhimalhara, Chhatarpur, has developed an organic pot fertilizer.
• He uses mustard and sesame oil cakes, decomposing them in water for 6-7 days to create the fertilizer.
• This homemade solution significantly reduces cultivation costs and increases profit compared to expensive chemical fertilizers.
• The pot fertilizer promotes rapid growth of betel leaf vines and is more effective than market alternatives.
• The farmer spends approximately 2000 rupees on oil cakes, but the cost can be zero if oil cakes are available at home.

Why It Matters: A Chhatarpur farmer successfully uses homemade organic pot fertilizer to cut costs and improve betel leaf yield.