In Rajasthan, 27 -Are -Priyanka made a profit of Rs.
27-year-old Priyank Surana from Palana-Qudala village in Pal district of Rajasthan is in the news nowadays and abroad. Priyanka’s father wanted to turn him into a businessman, but now he went to farm. Priyanka has become an inspiration to the country’s farmers by cultivating potatoes here. Priyanka is making a profit of Rs. Above all, Priyanka encouraged every young people for agriculture by writing a new story of success in potato cultivation.
Father saw another dream
Priyanka’s father Sanjay is a real estate developer in Surana Palana. His dream is that his son should take over his father’s business and take him further. For this purpose, he sent Priyanka to Mumbai for education. Priyanka completed her BSC studies at Poddar World College, Juhu in 2019. After this, during the Internship in 2019-20, he also worked in the digital marketing company. The Covid -19 epidemic has proven to be an important turning point in his life. Priyanka also thinks of the influence of this virus and the immunity of the people. After this, there were many questions in his mind about the quality of food and the environment. After this, he believes that agriculture is a way to provide pure food and a healthy environment.
Got the scientific advice of farming
Priyanka left Mumbai and decided to return to her village during Kovid -19. According to the www.indianpotato.com website, he first cultivated green vegetables and wheat on the five Begas near Phalana-Qudala. He prepared the land for agriculture and then used the borewell and drip irrigation system. Also, Priyank used the cow manure as a manure. Gradually, he went towards organic farming. For proper guidance, Priyank went to the Central Dry Region Research Institute (Kajri) Center in Jodhpur. Here he met the agronomist RK Soomki. His meeting with Soom was proved to be a turning point for his life. Solanki advised them to make the right potato high demand and relatively simple approach for their cultivation to make chips. In this, companies often buy products directly from farmers.
6 months of research
Priyanka, who was inspired by his suggestions, decided to do research on potato cultivation, the best methods, possible challenges and the compatibility of his land. Priank gave six months in this whole research. In the year 2023, he started the pilot project to set up potatoes on the land of three bigs. The crop made in just three and a half months gave a large product. After this, a representative of the chips manufactured the potatoes bought the potatoes at a cost of Rs 11 per kg. This initial victory prompted his potato cultivation to increase his potato cultivation to 10 Bighas in November 2024. After this, Priyanka planted for the crop in about three and a half months in October-November.
Income in quotes
In 2024, Priyanka received about 80,000 kg of potatoes from the crop. The potato was bought by the American company at a cost of Rs 13 per kg. With this, Priyanka earned 1,040,000 in just three and a half months. After reducing the cost of about 40 per cent, Priank received a profit of Rs 600,000 to 700,000 rupees from this one crop. He bought potato seeds from famous companies. Interestingly, buying their potatoes also provided two machines to sow the seeds and cut the potatoes. The company increases the cost of transport to its cold storage facilities in Gujarat and other cities. Potatoes are supplied to many national and international chips manufacturers here. In addition, the company’s experts regularly visit the Priank farm, to give the necessary advice to maintain the high quality of the potatoes.
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