Gurpreet Singh Shergill:a success story in diversified farming

摘要

His strong fascination towards flowers made him adopt floriculture as his base in diversified farming. He grows horticultural crops on 22 acres. Besides, 12 acres are under field crops, half acres under agro-forestry and vermiculture. He also owns a dairy farms and a fish pond. The Punjab state has played a leading role in ushering in an era of "Green Revolution" in the country. The predominant rice-wheat cropping system, covering about 35.1 lakh ha area in Punjab, has undoubtedly provided good returns to the farmers and has contributed greatly towards the food security of the country. But this intensive mono-cropping system has also resulted in the critical deterioration of our natural resources. Thus, diversification in agriculture in terms of cultivation of pulses, oilseeds, flowers, vegetables etc., along with their post- harvest handling and processing has become the need of the hour.