Sweet potato cultivation ‘promoted’ by Bill Gates Foundation to deliver windfall for Gorakhpur farmers

New Delhi: People residing in about 35 Vantangiya villages of primarily Gorakhpur and Maharajganj and Shravasti, earlier than Yogi Adityanath grew to become the Chief Minister, weren’t even residents of unbiased India.
When they weren’t even thought of residents, it was a really far dream to think about authorities amenities (housing, bathrooms, and so forth., LPG and electrical energy and so forth.). At that point, as an MP Yogi Adityanath grew to become their voice from the streets to the Parliament.
During that point a case was additionally filed towards him. After changing into the Chief Minister, Yogi assimilated these villages into the mainstream they usually began getting the advantages of a income village. Now the folks of those settlement are creating new information.

Ram Gulab of Vantangiya Basti Beet Sadar of Maharajganj is a hanging instance of this large leap ahead. People of Mumbai and Ahmedabad are liking the golden candy potato of farmers related to their Agricultural Produce Organization (FPO).
On 25 December, Prime Minister Narendra Modi additionally spoke to Ram Gulab and praised him and described it as a imaginative and prescient for the remainder of the farmers.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Maharajganj Vantangiya’s FPO ‘Maharajganj Vegetable Producing Company’ and ‘Tuber Foods Private Limited’ in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat for the acquisition of golden candy potato (shakarkand).

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation performed a serious position on this. These farmers have been initially impressed by Dr. RC Chaudhary, scientist of PRDF (Participatory Rural Development Foundation), to domesticate golden candy potato in Kenya. About 10 years in the past, Dr. Chaudhary introduced the golden candy potato seed from Kenya and cultivated it. At the identical time, many farmers of Gorakhpur, Sant Kabir Nagar and Maharajganj have been ready for its cultivation, stating its dietary benefit.
Ram Gulab and workforce chief Vinod Tiwari, director of ‘Maharajganj Vegetable Producing Company’, together with Dr. RC Chaudhary of PRDF and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ready greater than 100 farmers to domesticate golden candy potato on 80 acres of land. Most of the farmers related to its cultivation are Vantangiya.
Gujarat firm to purchase 400 tonnes of candy potato on the charge of Rs 25 per kg
According to the settlement, the Gujarat firm will purchase their produce from the FPO of Maharajganj at Rs 25 per kg. 200 tonnes of golden candy potato is to be delivered by February 2022 and 200 tonnes by June 2022.
Rs 280 lakh manufacturing in a single acre
According to Ram Gulab, 70 to 80 quintal of golden candy potato is produced in a single acre. It is sown twice a yr. The October crop is prepared by 15 February and the mid-March sown crop is prepared by mid-June. Harvesting will probably be performed.
In this manner, the yield of 140 to 160 quintals is obtained in a single acre in a yr. If bought on the charge of ₹ 25 per kg, farmers will get a revenue of round ₹ 2 lakh per acre.