Kashinath Shinde is a young man from the village of Hattalwadi, a village that was known for the problem of water shortage. Teacher by profession, Kashinath gave up his job to concentrate on his farm, and after consulting the Taluka agriculture officer and four agricultural colleges in the stateover the problem of water and possible splutions, he successfully cultivated oranges on his farm, a land that hardly had any yield before Kashinath's venture. Kashinath, after realising that individual development is insgnificant if the entire community does not progress equally, helped his fellow villagers find the knowledge that he had discovered. As a result of his efforts, the village of Hattalwadi is known as the 'Village of Orchards' today!
-Mukta Paranjape
Here is a link to the article:
http://www.loksatta.com/daily/20080830/ch10.htm
Article written by: Dilip Patil
Prashna:
We would like to know your opinions on -
1. What do you think can be done for other villages to help them succeed the way Hattalwadi has?
2. Should school trips be conducted to such places from cities/other villages?
3. Will research benefit such causes? What should be its direction?
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School Trips can be conducted preferably from other villages/ areas to show the results.In villages generally farmers do not want to change their farming pattern or to take risk by changing crop pattern, as failure of one crop means disturbing whole year.But by rethinking on available resourses like water , soil pattern,change can be made.publishing this type of effort is really appreciating.
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