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Bahraich Farmer Earns Lakhs Using Intercropping for Three Crops
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News18•08-10-2026, 19:44
Bahraich Farmer Earns Lakhs Using Intercropping for Three Crops
- •Pramod Kumar Bajpai of Mirzapur Tiwari Purwa village in Bahraich is growing paddy, bananas, and radishes in just half an acre of land.
- •He learned about intercropping through Facebook and farmer apps on his mobile phone instead of any agricultural university.
- •The total cost of starting this mixed farming method was around Rs 5,000, using fertilizers like single super phosphate, potash, and urea.
- •Pramod expects a net income of Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.25 lakh from the banana crop alone on his two and a half bighas of land, with extra earnings from paddy and radish.
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Pramod Kumar Bajpai has started intercropping paddy and bananas on about half an acre of land, with plans to subsequently harvest radish from the same field as well.
Pramod did not consult any agricultural university or expert; instead, he gathered information about intercropping on his mobile phone through Facebook and various farmer apps.
Pramod Bajpai estimates a net income of about Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.25 lakh from the banana crop alone on two and a half bighas, or half an acre, of land.
