Araria Farmer Earns Millions Annually with Bamboo Cultivation, Inspiring Others

• Shankar Kumar Yadav, a 60-year-old farmer from Araria, Bihar, transitioned from traditional farming to bamboo cultivation.
• He cultivates profitable bamboo varieties like Jaabh, Haroth, Maukhla, and Banbaas, used in furniture and construction.
• Bamboo cultivation yields for up to 100 years, with annual harvesting providing consistent profits.
• Best planting time is monsoon (March-May) or winter (Nov-Jan), maintaining 3x4 meter spacing for 700-800 saplings per acre.
• Shankar Yadav earns millions annually from half an acre, also processing and grading bamboo for better market prices.