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Gonda Farmer Grows Bitter Gourd in Guava Orchard, Doubles Income from Same Field.
- •Progressive farmer Sarvesh Tiwari in Gonda, UP, has started cultivating bitter gourd in his guava orchard.
- •He planted bitter gourd in the empty spaces between young guava plants across approximately 4 bighas.
- •The cost of cultivating bitter gourd is around 7 thousand rupees, with fruits appearing in 40-45 days.
- •This method aims to generate income from vegetables before the guava crop is ready, maximizing land use.
- •The farmer hopes this intercropping strategy will help recover farming costs and provide additional earnings.
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Sarvesh Tiwari is cultivating bitter gourd in the empty spaces between young guava plants across about 4 bighas of his land. Because the guava plants are still small, this intercropping method prevents the land from remaining empty and allows him to earn additional income from two crops in the same field.
Sarvesh Tiwari planted a hybrid variety of bitter gourd in his orchard, with a cultivation cost of about 7 thousand rupees. Fruits begin to appear on the bitter gourd plants approximately 40 to 45 days after planting.
Sarvesh Tiwari's orchard features the Taiwan Pink variety of guava. Because this guava crop takes time to mature, growing vegetables like bitter gourd in the empty spaces in between helps provide earlier income and covers farming costs.
