Caring Farmers Bhailalbhai H. Dhanhukia, Alpeshbhai K. Dhandhukia

On 30th Jan. 2010, my son Tanmay and I met very interesting farming people at village Kara, Ta: Valia, Dist Bharuch, Gujarat. The names of farming members are Shri Bhailalbhai H. Dhandhukia, Shri Kantibhai H. Dhandhukia and Shri Alpeshbhai Kantibhai Dhandhukia. Their major crop is sugarcane. Many farmers grow sugarcane in this area but they have special with them. Yes there are so many speciality in them and they are;

1. They are member's of united family.
2. They are working in team and distributed their area of work.
3. They have taken professional approach for better farming and have appointed consultant for sugarcane farming for better yields.
   
4. They have strong will to grow more with full care of their soil for coming generations.
5. They are able to take quick decision.
6. They welcome good suggestions.

I have taken a visit to their yard and found one tractor, mini-tractor, sub-soiler, sugarcane trash cutting machine. I asked Shri Alpeshbhai why you have this mini-tractor? The reply was to minimize compaction of the earth. And this has appealed me. When farmer is consciously taking care for compaction on soil, I see this step as keeping soil intact for coming generations. They are not burning the trash of sugarcane but using it as mulch. To make better blanket of trash, they purchased a machine to cut trash and spread it in field itself.
They are bring water from distance with seven pipelines and use it very economically in the fields. They know the value of water. I have seen their one farm of sugarcane and it is really very. My first words were "ohhhhh How nice!!!!!!! eyes are cooled". The farm is green & dense which says that it gives good yields.





Shri Alpeshbhai Dhandhukia.

Shri Alpeshbhai is showing the texture of soil and good tillering of sugarcane.

The field is mulched with last sugarcane crop's trash. This trash blanketing was done with Trash Cutting Machine. By this way they are helping to store Carbon in soil and making soil more fertile.