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A green success story : Mavuram Mallikarjun Reddy s journey from software to agriculture

Award-winning farmer Mavuram Mallikarjun Reddy chats about his journey from software to agriculture If bad loans, crop failures and low yields hover like dark clouds over agriculture, organic farmers like Mavuram Mallikarjun Reddy are the silver lining. A native of Pedda Kurumapally village in Karimnagar district of Telangana, Mallikarjun is the only one from the State to receive the Jagjivan Ram Abhinav Kisan Puruskar from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). The award was given to him for cultivating different types of crops through organic farming. A day after receiving the award in Delhi, Mallikarjun is back at his experiment ground: the farms. His wife Sandhya says the buzz of the past month is new to the family. “Many friends and relatives who chided his decision to quit his job and move back to the village are now appreciating his success. It feels happy to reap the benefits of hard work and innovation,” she says over a phone call.

Can reduced seeding rates lead to more profitable yields?

How much seed should you plant to achieve the highest possible yield? That’s a question growers and agronomists have been asking for years as more and more farmers have tried to maximize productivity to increase revenues.  But what if you change the question to how much seed do you have to plant to have a profitable yield? That’s what farmers like Adam Chappell have begun to ask as they try to figure out how to survive in the current economic climate.  “How many of y’all are actively trying to lower inputs rather than protecting a yield goal” said Chappell, one of the speakers for this year’s first-ever virtual Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference at Arkansas State University. “Where do we look to find a more profitable system? What questions do we ask? 

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