Mukti organic farmer Mrs. Rama Purkait has successfully turned her land into an exotic vegetable farm with Mukti’s support. A resident of Paschim Jata village of South 24 Parganas district, her venture is showing new directions to other apprenticeship farmers. Her fruitful initiative has brought solvency to her family of 5 members.
She joined Mukti as an organic farmer in 2015. Initially, she was unhappy as she was not receiving a fair price for her produce of organic vegetables. She approached Mukti for more profitable ideas and directions. Mukti advised her to cultivate exotic vegetables and supported her with training and exotic vegetable saplings and seeds.
She is now cultivating Bok choy, Lettuce, Cherry Tomato, and Capsicum on her farm. Besides being for her own family’s consumption, the vegetables are being sold for a good price. The neighboring farmers are encouraged by her example and are now willing to try out the consumption and production of these new vegetables for themselves.