Success Story of Smt. Bhavana Nikam– A Progressive Woman Farmer

Smt. Bhavana Nikam established a 2000sq. m polyhouse in her village Dabhadi in the year 2016. She started capsicum cultivation, grapes cultivation and vegetable cultivation. She has a farm pond, a polyhouse, a shade net house, a tractor, a rotavator including all farm machinery.

Smt. Bhavana Nikam is an educated young woman and a progressive farmer. She has completed her Bachelor's Degree but never ran after a salaried job. Rather, she has taken up Agriculture as a vocation and is doing different agricultural practices with success and established herself as a renowned progressive farmer in the locality.

Now, she established a 2000sq. m polyhouse in her village Dabhadi in the year 2016. She started capsicum cultivation, grapes cultivation and vegetable cultivation. She has a farm pond, a polyhouse, a shade net house, a tractor, and a rotavator including all farm machinery.

She got training on Integrated Farming System and allied activities from Krishi Vigyan Kendra and State Agriculture Department on various occasions under different schemes. Her hard work and dedication helped her establish a model integrated farm with help and support from her family. She developed her farm with new improved technologies like polyhose, shade net house, mulching, grading, and packing.

Collecting all the novel and rare varieties of vegetables and other crops from the exposure visits made her farm a hub of biodiversity models. Sharing of such seeds and plants to those farmers who wish to cultivate their items also makes their farms busy with visitors and scholars. Another replicable model in the farm is the rainwater harvesting system and water storing ponds. The ponds provide a decent income from fish culture and water storage support the irrigation needs in the drought season.

Works & Achievements:

Production of vegetables through drip irrigation with polythene mulching

Grape cultivation

Farm mechanization

Fish farming

Her field is a showcase of various innovative and new technologies which includes mechanization for irrigation, spraying, and various farming operations.

Poly house– Production of capsicum, tomato & beans production.

Poultry farming and fish farming in the farm pond

Many farmers and youth visit her farm regularly to take a glimpse of her success and many have followed in her footsteps. She became a role model for women farmers within the Dabhadi Circle areas. She was felicitated at the celebration of Mahila Kisan Diwas organized by ATMA.