Namaskaram viewers, welcome to our channel.
Months before we had uploaded a video
regarding Dryland Paddy (Upland Paddy) , by Mr. Muhammed.
At that time, many people were not aware
of what the real ‘Karanel’ or Dryland Paddy was. This is known as Upland Paddy in some parts.
Then Mr.Muhammed  was trying Dryland Paddy
on his land for the first time.
We got a lot of comments for that video.
The viewers had some doubts like
‘would this dryland paddy cultivation be success’?
‘and details about Dryland Paddy cultivation’.
They asked us directly all these questions to ‘Organic Keralam’
I had given the viewers an assurance that we would do another video when
Mr.Muhammed’s paddy become mature enough to be harvested.
So today we’re going to accomplish that.
You can see behind me the beautiful view of his Dryland Paddy.
He is doing this farming in the midst of
Yam, Taro root, Arrow root, Mango Ginger (Curcuma Amada) and Egg plant.
He chose this area for Dryland Paddy cultivation again,
as he has convinced about its success.
He has now become an experienced cultivator in Dryland Paddy.
Let us ask him about this success.
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Namaskaram Mr.Muhammed..
Once I had visited your Paddy months before,
that was the time when you had just stepped in to the dryland paddy cultivation.
That was your first attempt in this dryland cultivation.
And you were in the doubt that whether
this cultivation would be success or not.
We are standing in front of the Paddy
which has grown beautifully in its full growth.
So, could you please share your experience that you had in the journey of this cultivation.
Yes, as you mentioned, I had the fear about its success.
First experiment was a failure.
Then I confidently decided to do the same cultivation
again altering my approach.
That was your first try when
I had visited your land for the first time right,
and this is your second attempt, am I right?
Was the first attempt a successful one?
No that was a failure.
Even after finding that this cultivation is a failure,
What had made you to step in to this for a second time?
I do not like to let my land without doing any cultivation.
One of the reasons behind the failure must be the
negligence in making the soil more fertile, right?
Yes.
Because you are telling that
you got high yield in the second time. Yes.
What was the different style that you adopted
in the second cultivation?
I chose only organic fertilizer mostly cow dung.
Then I made the land ablaze with hay and organic waste,
after that I ploughed the entire land with a Tractor to
reach the manure go inside the land.
That may be the reason behind this success.
Here you are using complete Organic fertilizer. Yes.
And no any chemical fertilizer has been used right?
Now you are going to make a good harvest, right?
Yes, may be, it is because of the different method
i had taken to improve the cultivation like burning the land,
giving Organic manure and ploughing the land.
No other method has been used here, right?
No, I did not adopt anything more than this.
So now you got high yield because of the making of
fertile soil bed, which is suitable to Paddy cultivation, right?
Yes.
The good manure we used, our suitable climate
all have contributed for this high yielding, right?
So, we could only get less yielding
when we first enter in to this Dryland Paddy cultivation,
as a new comer to this farming, right?
May be, because how we treat this farming
is the main factor to the result.
In my case, there was no sufficient manure,
at the same time the area was big.
The failure was not because of less caring.
The heavy rain also had negative effect.
All these factors accelerated to make this cultivation a loss.
Heavy rain really affect this cultivation?
Yes, it affects the yielding and makes the herb limp.
So, excess water may affect the yielding, right?
Yes, the continuous rain will be a threat to all corps.
You might have an interval
between these two harvests, right?
When would you usually sow the seeds?
I did the process of sowing on June (Idavom Month),
just before 2-3 months.
The officials in the Krishi Bhavan (Govt office for Agriculture Development)
also had given me the assurance that this
Paddy can be harvested in three months.
Ok this is my question that what did you grow
in the interval of these two harvests?
I was planning to grow sesame seeds,
But I could not do it.
As I know that weeds would grow after every harvest,
I decided to accumulate the hay entire the land and
burnt it to get ash for making manure.
So, you did not do any farming after the first harvesting?
No.
Then, when did you start the second farming?
After 4 months of the previous harvest,
I started the second round of farming.
In between the gap, you made
the hay ablaze to get the land fertile.
to create a good soil bed, then you ploughed the land,
after that only you started the second round, right?
All these processes may have prepared
the soil good enough to be cultivated, without any farming or adding of other fertilizers.
So, we could get high yielding
without doing any farming amidst, right? Yes.
That is really a success.
I think you are the first one in the trial of
this Dryland Paddy cultivation in your village,
and it is not widely done by people here, right?
No, people are not indulged in this cultivation here.
Have you ever got any kind of subsidy
from the Krishi Bhavan for your cultivation?
Yes, I am getting good co-operation from the Krishi Bhavan.
It is because of the support of the Agri-Officer
that I done this cultivation here.
I had got the tractor cost from the Agri Office.
Because of this encouragement, I decided to do the
cultivation for the second time also.
So Krishi Bhavan encourages the arrival
of  new comers to the farming
with their support and subsidy to make the farming succes s?
Yes, of course.
Actually, we have seen a lot of areas in our state
which are not cultivated.
People are afraid to step in to the
cultivation as they fear about the cost.
As they fear, do you think that cost of
Dryland Paddy cultivation becomes an economical burden to farmers?
Yes, some extent that is true.
Because making a dry land suitable for
paddy cultivation is not easy.
The cost of labour is too high.
if we work on our land directly can save
money in the form of labour charge.
So, if we have the mind-set to work in our land,
it will reduce the labour charge considerably
and that will result in the success of the cultivation, am I right?
Yes, of course, self-depending  will give you
gain and success, If we do not look after our land,
and depend upon labourers, it will definitely lead to failure.
Yes, this is applicable for all farming.
This will be a successful farming if we are willing to work
on the waste and dry lands that we have, right?
Yes, of course.
If we can work hard, we can get high yielding
for both house hold uses and for trade also, right?
Yes, of course.
Do you get profit out of hay selling?
We will get a medium rate.
Will you have enough stuff to sell outside?
Yes, we will get enough stuff for
house hold use and for selling outside.
Did you use the same type of seeds for these two seasons?
No, I used different kind of seeds.
Which was the type of seed that you used for the first time?
’Kattamodan’ was the name of the seed.
That was a failure right, which was the second one?
The name of the second one is ‘Harsha’.
So, ‘Harsha’ got good yielding, right? Yes.
Don’t we have special seeds only meant to dry land cultivation?
I also have heard about one seed, that is ‘Modan’.
Yes, there is a seed in that name.
We can obtain that, only from ‘Krishi Bhavan’ .
When I approached Agri office to get the ‘Modan’ seed
they said a new version of it called ‘Harsha’ is far better
than the older one, and we can harvest in 110th day.
I mistakenly said it is of 90 days in our previous chat.
In the olden days, dry land
paddy cultivation was prevalent in Kerala, right?
Then they vanished from the field, and now it has returning.
‘Modan’ was the only genre of seed then, right?
Actually, the seeds like ‘Kattamodan’ and ‘Harsha’
are used in normal paddy fields also, right?
Yes.
I have seen ‘Modan’ using in normal paddy fields.
But ‘Modan’ is actually a seed used for dryland cultivation?
Yes.
Can ‘Harsha’ also be used in normal paddy fields?
My Agri officer has insisted me that the seed ‘Harsha’
can be used in both dry land and normal paddy fields.
Oh, ok.
We can use both ‘Harsha’ and ‘KattaModan’
in normal fields and dry land equally.
But ‘Modan’ is used only in dry land like
‘Palliyel’ and ‘Marutham’
The height of the plant would be comparatively high and
the duration of getting maturity would be 110 days.
When you started the second round with ‘Harsha’
did you have ever faced any problem like bacterial leaf blight
or sheath rot caused by worm attack?
Yes, I had faced the issues of leaf shrivelling and
bent of spindles in the field.
For that, I used ‘Komullu’ (A plant which has numerous thorns
used for removing the worms from the leaves
and make the plant steady from the bending).
This is the plant called ‘Komullu’.
Is this the ‘Thoradi’ plant?
There are two kinds of plants,
I make a bale of this plant and dab on the paddy spikes,
Then the thorns in the plant hitch on paddy and
removes the unwanted rotten parts of the plants and the worms
that cling to the plant.
Is this ‘Komullu’ in your hand is tender shoot or dried one?
This is a tender shoot but dried branches without leaves
make a perfect stuff to remove the worms by its thorns.
When can we harvest this second round of cultivation?
It is getting matured and I have decided
to harvest after 10 days.
All these have become matured enough to be harvested?
Look, the spikes with the grains have turned in to yellowish.
If we do not harvest now, they would fall down.
So, we should harvest a little earlier than the fully grown stage.
Why it is so?
Because we cannot harvest them using Tractor,
but manually we have to do it.
When we harvest them manually
the grains from fully grown plants fall down,
we cannot take it one by one.
But Tractor covers all the grain without any waste.
So, we should harvest paddy
one or two days before it gets matured, right? Yes.
Last time also you had mentioned about the weeds,
Did they make an issue at this time also?
Before starting the sowing, I had my land ablaze with hay
and I ploughed the entire land.
Even after the rain, the land was ploughed again and
i manually removed all the weeds from my land.
Otherwise it would be a menace.
So, viewers we saw the paddy field of Mr. Muhammed.
When we visited here last time,
he was on his first trial of Dryland paddy cultivation
by the seed called ‘KattaModan’ and he admits
genuinely that it was a failure.
He also adds that he got good yielding
when he tried the seed called ‘Harsha’.
Hence, he has proved that we can
cultivate the same seed we used in the
normal paddy, can be tried in the dry land also.
He is using only the organic fertilizer here.
Simple method has been used in this cultivation,
and has got good yielding.
He is satisfied and he is anticipating
a good money out of this harvesting.
He has become a model to many new comers in this field
who is willing to adopt organic method of cultivation.
This is the fact that Organic Keralam emphasis on.
Here the farmers win by their endeavour and hard work,
should be brought in to limelight.
Actually, this is what Organic Keralam does.
So, viewers be with us always
and I will give his number in the video.
You can either call him or visit his place,
His abode is in Koppam Panchayath near Pattambi in Palakkkad district.
I request you, if you have waste or dry land,
you can start dryland cultivation like this
and can make our land fertile.
Ok friends we shall meet in our next video, until then good bye.
