Bhandara (Lohardaga): Ajanti Oraon has become an example of making one’s dreams come true by constantly striving to make one’s dreams come true and taking inspiration from other successful people. Ajanti is a resident of Kundon village under Badagai Panchayat of Oraon Bhandara block area. There are five members in his family. In 2017 she joined the SHG group. Traditional farming was already done in his house. Traditional farming was not yielding sufficient profits, due to which there was difficulty in earning a livelihood. At the same time, after joining SSG, taking a loan of Rs 50 thousand, he started the work of tent house in the year 2017. The tent house earns an annual income of Rs 40 to 50 thousand. Lohardaga Ajanti Oraon of the district repaid the loan amount. After this, the second loan of Rs 40 thousand was taken from SHG group. With this amount she bought a cow and started rearing it. Cow rearing started earning a monthly profit of Rs 10 thousand. In this sequence, Ajanti saw that Lillamani Oraon of her village was cultivating vegetables through micro drip method. Lilamani is getting good yield at low cost in about 65 decimal land.
Inspired by Lillamani, farming started with drip method
Inspired by the method of cultivation of Lilamani Oraon, Ajanti decided to cultivate vegetables through micro drip method. For this, I got myself registered in Zaika project and got the equipment of micro drip method. With this method, she started cultivating French beans, tomatoes, chillies and other crops. In the intervening period, due to Corona period and lockdown, he did not earn very good income from farming for 2 years. Still, he earned an annual income of Rs 10 to 15 thousand from farming.
One should not be distracted by loss: Ajanti Oraon
Even after this, she maintained her courage and continued farming using micro drip method. Currently she is cultivating chillies through micro drip method. She has earned approximately Rs 50 thousand from this. Ajanti tells that success comes with continuous efforts. Sometimes people have to face loss, but they should not be distracted by it and should always continue their efforts, success is definitely achieved.