Ropar farmer shows the way, takes to strawberry cultivation

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Progressive farmer Paramjeet Singh of nearby Nangal Abiana village has bucked the trend of wheat-paddy cycle and set out on a different path. He cultivates strawberry and claims to earn a profit of more than Rs3 lakh from one acre of crop.
“In 2014, I thought of increasing my agricultural income and bought strawberry plants from a Pune-based importer,” he says.
The next year, he started strawberry cultivation as a pilot project on one acre. After spending about Rs3 lakh on the crop, he earned more than Rs7 lakh within six months, even though nearly one quintal of strawberry was wasted every day for the lack of a fruit processing facility.

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