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Fallow No More: Aghanmoti’s Rabi Harvest

Banhar Village, Dharamjaigarh Block, Raigarh District, Chhattisgarh
Crop Diversification
Multi-layer Farming
Aghanmoti Rathia with bottle gourd from her Multi-Layer Farming plot.

Aghanmoti Rathia’s one acre of cultivable land in Banhar village used to lie fallow every Rabi season for lack of irrigation. This year, that same land grew groundnut, sunflower, greens, and gourd.

  • The Challenge

Aghanmoti’s family of four depended on rainfed paddy and wage labour. In Kharif 2025, they harvested about 9 quintals of paddy from one acre, earning around ₹28,000, plus ₹12,000–15,000 from wage labour — a total household income of ₹40,000–45,000 a year. With no irrigation, their land stayed unused every Rabi season, and they spent nearly ₹5,000 a year buying vegetables for the household.

  • The Turning Point

Under CG HIMWSP 2.0, implemented by Lok Shakti Samiti, Aghanmoti joined the Durga Groundnut Producer Group in Banhar. The project team introduced groundnut cultivation with sunflower as an intercrop on her fallow land, provided 200 grams of sunflower seed, and trained her in seed treatment and scientific crop management. They also demonstrated a Multi-Layer Farming Model on 2.5 dismil of land, combining groundnut with red amaranth and bottle gourd, with continuous field-level guidance throughout.

Seed treatment training
Seed treatment underway as part of the Multi-Layer Farming Model training.
  • The Change

In the 2025–26 Rabi season, Aghanmoti harvested 6.30 quintals of groundnut, earning ₹44,100, plus ₹1,800 from 12 litres of sunflower oil. The Multi-Layer Farming Model added ₹1,600 from red amaranth and ₹3,000 from bottle gourd. Combined with her Kharif paddy income, the family’s total agricultural income reached ₹78,500 — up from ₹40,000–45,000 — while fresh home-grown vegetables cut their food expenses.

Outcomes at a glance
Total income
₹78,500, up from ₹40,000–45,000
Groundnut
6.30 quintals, ₹44,100
Rabi land use
fallow land farmed for the first time
Multi-layer model
groundnut + amaranth + bottle gourd
Extra earnings
₹1,800 sunflower oil, ₹4,600 vegetables
  • Looking Ahead

Aghanmoti hopes the proposed MGNREGA well will bring year-round irrigation, higher cropping intensity, and further gains for her family’s income and food security.

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