Woman farmer from Pudukottai district reaps profits of digital technology training
A paddy farmer in Pudukkottai district, S. Muthulakshmi, significantly increased her crop yields and profit margins by adopting digital agricultural tools and scientific cultivation methods. Her success was supported by training from the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation.
Why it matters
It demonstrates the tangible impact of digital literacy and scientific intervention on the economic stability of small-scale farmers.
In her fifties, paddy farmer S. Muthulakshmi of Thirumalairayasamuthiram village in Pudukkottai District, is living the life of her dreams.
“I have realised that farmers can be kings and queens of their land only when they grow crops successfully. For this, we must keep learning and sharing our knowledge with others,” Ms. Muthulakshmi told The Hindu .
In recent years, Ms. Muthulakshmi has turned around her profit margin manifold with the help of training in agricultural technology and scientific crop cultivation from M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF).
Widowed in her late 30s and with four young children to support, Ms. Muthulakshmi was left with a loss-making two-acre paddy field approximately 10 years ago. Relying on the advice of fertilizer and pesticide sellers, she was spending over ₹3,000 per acre, but was getting a paddy yield of only around ₹1,800 kg per acre.
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