Success Story8

Success story of Integrated farming System

Name                                    :               Bhaskar Chandra Jena

Father’s Name                       :               Late Padmalochan Jena

Age                                         :               76 years

Educational Qualification    :               Post Graduate(Pol.Sc.) and Diploma in Industrial technology

Enterprise                              :               Integrated farming & farm mechanization.

Address                                  :               Village- Sibajamuni, Block : Shyamakhunta, District: Mayurbhanj

Contact No.                           :               +91-9861397074

Total Holding Area               :               18.5  acre (Irrigated)

Farm Machineries possessed:

1.       Paddy Thresher (Manual operated)                : 01 no.

2.       Paddy Thresher (Power operated)                 : 01 no.

3.       Axial Flow Thresher (Power Tiller Operated) : 01 no.

4.        Power Tillers                                                : 02 nos.

5.        Diesel Pump sets                                          : 02 nos.

6.        Straw Chopper                                            : 01 no.

7.       2 hp Electric Pump                                        : 01 no.

8.       Sprinkler set                                                  : 02 nos.

About the entrepreneur :

Born in 1935, Mr. Jena holds a well to do familiar background. He is not only a nature lover but also a writer, film maker and artist. Retired from the post of General Manager, NMTL, GOI Pilot Project in 1994, he renovated the parental farm house. Subsequently, he discovered himself as a good entrepreneur when he started fishery in commercial basis. With the help of his two sons and surrounding people, he also developed himself as a very good farmer of various field crops and horticultural crops. Later he practiced animal resources to make his farming system complete and integrated.

With a natural habit of growing different species of crop plants, he collected numerous species of medicinal plants, rare fruit species and various exotic forest species like Australian Teak, Malasian Sal, American Silver Oak, British Mahagony, Anato (Gives natural edible colour), and Seedless Lemon in the local climatic condition.

A very eager man to learn, he attends each and every trainings, workshops and seminars related to agriculture in line departments as well as in KVK. At the age of 76, he spends at least 5 hours in the field working actively with his labourers. As regards to a very efficient community organizer in the field of agriculture he patronizes as President of “Mayurbhanj Krushak Vikas Pratisthan” and Chairman of “Mayurbhanj Farmers Self Help Consumers Co-operative Society ltd.”

Salient Features of Integrated farming System Developed by Mr. Bhaskar Chandra Jena