Farmer Mansingh Gurjar of Madhya Pradesh grows 7 feet bottle gourd and 30 kg watermelon in his fields. Along with this, he is also working to save more than 600 indigenous seeds.
Man Singh Gurjar, a farmer from Narmadapuram in Madhya Pradesh, has been doing natural farming for 12 years and the amazing thing is that he even trains agricultural scientists. Along with this, he is also saving indigenous seeds of paddy, pulses, oilseeds and many types of vegetables.
Man Singh, the guardian of indigenous seeds, is invited by well-known agricultural universities to train scientists. He grows 7 feet bottle gourd and 30 kg watermelon in his fields. He got the inspiration to adopt natural farming and save indigenous seeds from his forefathers.
Mansingh, who did indigenous farming The Better India Speaking to , “I have been doing natural farming and conservation of indigenous seeds for more than 12 years. I am making this effort to save indigenous seeds because if indigenous seeds are saved, then the farmer will be saved.
Desi seeds are given to people for free
Man Singh has saved more than 600 indigenous seeds. “We have 230 varieties of paddy, 160 varieties of wheat and more than 150 vegetable seeds,” he says. They have about 16 varieties of bottle gourd and about 27 varieties of chillies. Apart from this, he also has 30 varieties of pulses.
He cultivates 17 acres of land and uses only natural ingredients to increase the fertility. Apart from this, he grows indigenous seeds in 2 acres. He believes, “The seed of the house, the fertilizer of the house, everything should be of the house. Desi seeds are much more beneficial – in quality as well as in nutrition. In this, we do not need to add much fertilizer or pesticides.
Mansingh has so far given desi seeds to thousands of farmers across the country. He also gives free indigenous seeds to the people visiting his farm, so that more and more people grow it and adopt traditional methods of farming. Seeing these efforts of Man Singh, the Governor of Gujarat has also honored him.
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