Harendra Bohara, 34, of Mauwaphanta in Krishnapur Municipality-4 is known as the highest earning farmer in the village.
He has been involved in commercial farming, poultry, piggery and goat rearing. He has been advancing the traditional agricultural work in a modern way. For commercial agriculture, Bohara has invested Rs. 12.5 million in Four Fox Cattle and Hatchery. He has taken a loan of Rs. 10 million from the Agriculture Development Bank for commercial agriculture. Commercial banana farming has been done on five bighas of land.
Out of this, bananas are sold at Rs. 7 lakhs to Rs. 9 lakhs per hectare annually. The cost per acre of banana farming is around Rs. 350,000. After deducting the cost, the income is between Rs. 500,000 to Rs. 700,000.
Bohara has been working for Kerakheti in planting, cultivating, irrigating and managing the market. "We have been hiring 10-15 workers only when needed," he said. "The rest of the time we work on our own."
He has been adopting banana farming for over a decade. "Kerakheti used to be traditionally cultivated in the past," he said. Along with Kerakheti, Bohra is also involved in laying hens laying eggs.
Five thousand layers of poultry have been reared in two farms built near the house. The chickens reared on the farm lay 3,000 to 4,500 eggs daily. The chickens reared in both the farms produce 107 crates of eggs daily. The produced eggs are easily consumed in the nearby market. Eggs worth Rs 1.5 million are sold monthly and over Rs 15 million annually.
"He has even built an electric chamber at home to store eggs. I keep eggs that are not consumed in the market in the chamber, ”he said.“ It has become easier to supply eggs as per the demand in the market. ” The chamber has been constructed with the grant of the Far Western Provincial Government.
Bananas are also cooked in the chamber by managing the temperature. "We used to have to send bananas to outlying areas for cooking," said farmer Bohara.
He has even been awarded as the best farmer of the far western states. The state government had awarded him as the best farmer a few months ago. After receiving the award, Bohara has been given more encouragement to engage in agricultural work. Bohara has brought home bucks of Duurok, Landrus and Hemsagar breeds from Chitwan.
At present, there are 24 piglets in her farm including mother and child. In the near future, he plans to build a fish pond and make a bangur farm in its deal to earn extra income. Along with Bangur, they have also raised about 25 goats of advanced breeds at home. The chickens and pigs are not procured by Bohara from outside. He has been preparing grains from the home-made grain making industry.
"Home-grown grains cost Rs 7 to 10 per kg cheaper than those bought from the market," he said. From which the production cost is as desired with the event. There is no shortage of grain in the market. ” He has established the grain industry with 50 percent grant from the Far Western Government.
Harendra's father had been raising cattle commercially at home before 2070 BS. He even embraced Kerakheti on a small plot of land. Due to lack of labor, cattle breeding could not flourish. At that time, Harendra was studying for his master's degree from Shankardev Campus in Kathmandu.
After receiving his MBS in Management, Bohara worked for the Golchha Organization for a few months. You have to return home and do something while working. Seeing that this work was possible through agriculture, he returned home.
When he returned home, he said, "Work with my father for a few months," he said. He took the lead in advancing banana farming in a modern way by modifying the traditional work.
He initially borrowed Rs 2 million from a bank to promote Kerakheti. The loan amount was invested in Kerakheti and the return was higher than expected, so it was commercialized and expanded, ”he said. After that, he took additional loan from the bank and started poultry farming. Pumpsets, electric motors, tractors, trolleys and power tillers used in agriculture were all connected. ” Harendra also has a pickup van to transport the agricultural produce to the market.
He says that even though there are many sources of income, the educated youth refuse to do it and adopt the agricultural profession professionally. "If an educated person works in agriculture, it will send a good message to the society," he said. I am happy with that. ” Even Bohara's wife, who works as an accountant in a technical college, has left her job and has been supporting him in his agricultural work.
He says, “In order to make the agricultural profession commercial instead of subsistence oriented, the policy of the state needs to be changed a lot. People involved in agriculture were also represented at the state policy making level. ”
By formulating a strong agricultural policy, a strong economy can be built from agriculture. An environment should be created for the youth to get involved in agriculture easily. Only then can the country make a leap forward in development. ” Inspired by Harendra, who is known as a successful farmer, many young people have started engaging in agriculture.
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