Mr. Tushar Chaudhari Amaravati, Maharashtra. |
Type of crop : Orange |
Mr. Tushar Shriram Chaudhari is actively farming for last 20 years. He has been cultivating Nagpur Oranges for last 10 years. He has about 650 trees of Oranges in his 6 acres of land.
He incurs an expenditure of about Rs. 65,000 every year per acre. Fruit dropping and the buds burning disease used to cost him a lot. Also, he had to start using chemical-based fertilizers as the organic manure wasn’t being available for a long while. Hence, the cost was further increased.
Mr. Chaudhari started using Biofit products in the last season. He sprayed Biofit Stimrich and Bio-99 two times- initially at the flowering stage and when the buds grew. It helped him reduced the fruit dropping. Maximum flowers were converted into fruits by the end.
After that he used Biofit NPK and Biofit SHET through drip irrigation for 4 times. It reduced his dependence on the organic manure and chemical-based fertlizers both. This actually helped him to control the expenditure on the farming.
Comparison between Previous orange crop and Biofit orange crop-
Previous orange crop:
- Cost per 1 acre: Rs. 65,000
- Average yield: 8 tones/ acre
- The Selling Rate: Rs. 3000/ per quintal
- Total production: Rs. 2,40,000
- Net Profits per acre: Rs 1,75,000
Biofit orange crop:
- Cost per 1 acre: Rs. 70,000
- Average yield: 11 quintals
- The Selling Rate: Rs. 4100/ per quintal
- Total Production: Rs. 4,51,000
- Net Profits per acre: Rs 3,81,000
He sprayed Biofit Wrapup and Biofit Intact on different days on the trees. It helped him to prevent sucking pests and white fungus over the fruits and trees. He could reap more fruits compared to those he reaped last year. Also the quality of the fruits had improved fetching it a better market selling price.
He reaped about 900 to 1000 fruits per tree amounting to about 10 to 11 tones of total crop per acre.
He reaped about 900 to 1000 fruits per tree amounting to about 10 to 11 tones of total crop per acre.