watermelon farming

Twenty farmers from Balagarh Block in West Bengal’s Hooghly district are growing a variety of watermelons using the poly mulching technique endorsed by the ATMA (Agriculture Technology Management Agency) scheme. This method saves water and improves the fertility of the land too.

Seema Ratheesh, a mathematics teacher from Kasargod district in Kerala, used her extra time during the COVID-19 lockdown to organically cultivate the Sugar Queen variety of watermelons.

250 delicious organic watermelons in just 4X4 square metres. Nitesh spent only Rs 4,000 to grow them and earned more than Rs 30,000 on selling them! #FarmersFirst