Laxmi Parate grew tomatoes with organic methods, making a 30% surplus harvest, and sold her produce for higher than market rates
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In late 2016, farmers of Khaparkheda village in Madhya Pradesh were surprised (or perhaps shocked) to see the farm of Laxmi Parate produce a high-quality surplus harvest of tomatoes, earning her a bumper profit.
This fact was perhaps hard to digest because just a few months ago, they had mocked Laxmi for the new farming techniques she had adopted – Zero chemical fertilisers and pesticides.
That was then. Today, Laxmi’s success has helped convert 125 acres of land into pure organic farming.
“We were always scared to implement organic methods for crop cultivation. But here the difference was visible in more ways than one,” said Asharam Yadav, a farmer from the village.
Asharam owns 15 acres of agricultural land and confirmed that the shelf…