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00:00In addition to traditional farming, baby corn is also being grown.
00:04Farmers are getting more profit from it.
00:07Its demand is also very high in the market.
00:11The farmers of Gaya, Bishnu Chitanand, have planted baby corn in two crops.
00:19They are earning lakhs of rupees from it.
00:21We will get to know from them how the idea of growing baby corn came up
00:26and how they are earning better than this.
00:29Let's talk to Mr. Bishnu Chitanand.
00:33Tell us, how did you start growing baby corn?
00:36When we were in Delhi, we saw that the demand for baby corn was very high.
00:43When we came here, we used to go to the hotel to eat.
00:46The demand for baby corn was increasing day by day.
00:49We used to see baby corn everywhere.
00:52Then we came to know how it is being grown.
00:55So we started growing it.
00:57Today, it can be grown for 35 to 60 days.
01:02In a year, we can harvest at least 5 times from one crop.
01:07It is a crop that gives more profit in a short period of time.
01:12That is why we started growing baby corn.
01:15Earlier, you used to grow rice and wheat.
01:18Rice and wheat were traditional crops.
01:20It was difficult to sell them.
01:22But now, the demand in the market is such that it can be sold immediately.
01:27How many crops have you planted?
01:29We have planted two crops.
01:31What is the yield this year?
01:33In two crops, the yield is between 120 to 150 kg.
01:38The market value is 150 rupees per kilo.
01:43In the harvest, the yield is 200 to 250 rupees.
01:47What is the profit in this?
01:51If the total yield is 1000 rupees, you will get a profit of at least 6000 to 7000 rupees.
01:59This crop can be grown for 45 to 60 days.
02:03This means that it can be grown 5 times in a year.
02:07Once.
02:08After planting once.
02:09What is the demand in the market?
02:11When we order from a restaurant in the market,
02:17a restaurant tells you the yield of at least 200 to 300 kg per week.
02:23Accordingly, you can calculate that there is a demand of 2000 to 3000 kg per week.
02:40What are the health benefits?
02:42The health benefits are very beneficial for diabetics and heart patients.
02:48You can make it by frying it in oil or by boiling it.
02:54It has a lot of protein and carbohydrates.
02:57So, it is very beneficial for health.
03:00How do you plant it?
03:02As soon as you plant it, you plant it properly.
03:08By giving space.
03:10As soon as the fruit comes in it and the sun comes, you have to break it within 1 to 2 days.
03:22Because if its size is big, then its market value becomes zero.
03:28You have to see the size with your hand.
03:33Where it is bigger than this, your market value becomes zero.
03:37It is very beneficial for patients.
03:41You can eat it as a salad for health.
03:46You can't eat corn as a salad, but you can eat it as a salad.
03:52In what form can it be eaten?
03:54It can be eaten as a vegetable, as a snack or as a salad.
04:00Is there a different method?
04:03By applying the same method, you get a very good production.
04:07It is very good.
04:09The yield is very good.
04:11So, you are earning lakhs of rupees annually?
04:13Yes, at least lakhs of rupees annually.
04:15At least?
04:17Yes, at least.
04:19So, where there is a profit trade, there is less hard work.
04:21What do you think is the hard work?
04:23The hard work is less than what you are doing traditionally.
04:29In this, the cost of water is reduced.
04:32The cost of harvesting is reduced.
04:34All these things are there.
04:36Earlier, rice was grown on wheat.
04:38Earlier, rice was grown on wheat.
04:40Why did you leave it?
04:42Because I didn't see any benefit in it.
04:44When I went to the market, the rate was decided according to the market price.
04:48Sometimes, it was decided according to the weather.
04:51But in baby corn and all these crops that we are doing now,
04:54we don't have that much weather.
04:56We don't have that much weather.
05:00So, it is proving to be productive for the farmers.
05:02Yes, it is proving to be productive for the farmers.
05:04Since when have you been doing this?
05:06This is my third year.
05:08You are earning well.
05:10Yes.
05:12My name is Vishnuchit Anand.
05:14Vishnuchit Anand is a farmer.
05:16He has started farming baby corn.
05:20Earlier, he used to farm rice and wheat.
05:23But there were many problems.
05:25He couldn't earn that much.
05:28So, he started farming baby corn instead of traditional farming.
05:32Now, he is earning lakhs of rupees annually.
05:35This is Ratnesh Kumar for Grass ET Bharat.