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Agriculture News: To save the crop from Nilgai, Lakhan Kumar Chaudhary has adopted a simple but effective solution. They plant sunflowers on the ridges of wheat fields. Nilgai does not like the smell emanating from sunflower plants.
Wheat is cultivated on a large scale in the Ravi season in Jharkhand, Bihar. Lakhan Kumar Chaudhary, resident of Chainpur in Palamu district, has been doing farming for the last 15 years. Farming is their main means of livelihood. Like every year, this year too wheat has been cultivated in Rabi season. They take care of the crop with timely ploughing, sowing and irrigation. Along with this, he has also fenced the field for the cultivation of pigeon pea, so that the crop remains safe. Farming in the area is not easy. Here there is a continuous problem of crop damage due to wild animals.
huge loss caused by nilgai
Nilgai are a big challenge for the farmers in this area. Nilgai enter the fields in herds and trample the standing crops and cause huge damage. Wheat, pigeon pea and other crops are their target. Many times, the hard work of farmers goes waste overnight. Lakhan Kumar Chaudhary says that earlier also his crops had been ruined due to Nilgai, due to which he had to suffer financial loss. Nearby farmers are still struggling with this problem.
Farmer adopted indigenous and effective solution
To save the crop from Nilgai, Lakhan Kumar Choudhary has adopted a simple but effective solution. They plant sunflowers on the ridges of wheat fields. Nilgai does not like the smell emanating from sunflower plants. Last year he adopted this technology for the first time. The results have been shocking. While the Nilgai caused a lot of damage to the surrounding fields, their fields remained completely safe. This year also he has planted sunflowers on the wheat ridges, so that the crop remains safe.
Benefits of technology
Lakhan Kumar Chaudhary says that due to the fencing of the sunflower, the Nilgai do not wander around the fields. This provides protection to the crop without any extra expense. There is neither the need to erect expensive fencing nor to guard it day and night. Apart from this, there is also a possibility of additional income from sunflower crop. This technology is environment friendly and can become an inspiration for other farmers also. This initiative of Lakhan Kumar Chaudhary proves that with a little understanding and experience, solutions to major problems of farming can be found.
