50 thousand expenses in 1 acre, profit up to 50 lakhs, black potatoes of South America will be culti

Cultivation of black potatoes in MP: 50 thousand expenses in 1 acre, profit up to 50 lakhs, black potatoes of South America will be cultivated in MP.

 Farmers doing farming in Madhya Pradesh have come up with a new method due to which they are now giving importance to the cultivation of new crops by moving away from traditional farming. Young farmers of Sagar are excited to cultivate potatoes grown in South America because it will help the farmers. Annual income up to Rs 5 lakh is being achieved. Black potato has been considered a medicinal crop because its properties and price are higher than white potato.

 Talk of farmer Akash Chaurasia.

 In this article, we are talking about Akash Chaurasia, a young farmer living in village Kapuria, who has 16 acres of land, out of which he grows black potatoes on one acre. Akash had started multilayer natural organic farming about 15 years ago. But now other farmers have been inspired by this.

 For the first time in Bundelkhand, Akash produced black potatoes. He planted the crop in one acre, it yielded about 100 quintals. Akash has taught the method of growing black potatoes to the farmers of Madhya Pradesh as well as Uttar Pradesh.

 The right way to cultivate black potatoes.

 Sowing of black potatoes is done between 15th October to 15th November. Before harvesting black potatoes, the land has to be plowed. Now loamy soil is good for this, with which 100 kg of lime powder and 50 kg of neem powder is added to the land. To be treated, apply cow dung at the rate of 10 tonnes per acre in the field and this will meet the requirement of about 750 kg of black potato seeds in one acre. After this, add one kg of lime in 15 liters of water and make a solution and sow the seeds in that shell. Keep it for 10 minutes and then sowing has to be done. While planting black potatoes, sowing is done at 8-8 inches distance and 2-2 inches depth. Keep irrigating the crop every ten days so that there is no water stagnation, in 75 to 90 days. The crop is ripe and ready, now it is plowed, in this way the black potato crop is ready in just 80 days.

Benefits of eating black potatoes.

 Black potato is also called iron rich because it contains a lot of iron. If a person suffering from iron deficiency keeps consuming black potato for about one to two months, his iron deficiency gets cured but along with it, black potato also helps in getting rid of iron deficiency. It has been used for other medicines.