MORBI: This farmer grows there a gooseberry bigger than coconut, people fall down
Gooseberries larger than coconut are being cultivated in the district. There is no need to go to the outpost to deal with this as a farmer from Jabalpur village in Tankara taluka of Morbi district has been cultivating jumbo jamphal for the last nine years. These gooseberries weigh from 200 grams to more than one kilogram. So the guava fruit which looks like a coconut has become a center of attraction among the people. In addition, this guava fruit is also very sweet to eat.
Morbi: Gooseberries larger than coconut are being cultivated in the district. There is no need to go to the outpost to deal with this as a farmer from Jabalpur village in Tankara taluka of Morbi district has been cultivating jumbo jamphal for the last nine years. These gooseberries weigh from 200 grams to more than one kilogram. So the guava fruit which looks like a coconut has become a center of attraction among the people. In addition, this guava fruit is also very sweet to eat.
Fruit and greenery yields are higher during the winter season. So people are falling for the party and especially the demand for fruit is high. Even in this, people eat more sweet and sour fruits especially in cold weather. In Jabalpur village of Tankara taluka of Morbi district, a farmer is cultivating gooseberries larger than coconut. Naturally, this is not acceptable to anyone, but it is one hundred percent true. However, while talking to Maganbhai Kamaria, who cultivates gooseberry in Jabalpur village of Tankara, he said that he decided to cultivate gooseberry in Thailand and brought about 2000 seedlings of gooseberry from Raipur, Chhattisgarh and planted it in a field of 3 bighas. Revenue is also going up.
Most of the farmers in Morbi harvest crops including cotton, groundnut, wheat, millet every year and they always complain that they are not getting compensation for the amount of labor they put in. However, according to a farmer who earns a jumbo gooseberry from that bush by bringing about 3,000 seedlings of Thai gooseberry to date, it costs him a maximum of Rs. Against this, more than one lakh revenue is being generated till date.
It is said in Gujarati that "the fruit of patience is sweet". Instead of taking immediate crop for the first two years, the farmer had to cultivate the crop for two years. Due to the large size of this gooseberry seedling, this farmer is currently getting a crop of gooseberry weighing more than 200 grams on an average. Gooseberries have also been planted by Morbi farmers. In particular, this farmer from Jabalpur village in Morbi district in Rajkot, Jamnagar, Delhi and Mumbai is sending Thai fruit.
You may have seen and eaten the red, crunchy and white sweet and sour guavas that are available in the market now, but you will not only see jumbo guavas of one kilo, but also such guavas which are also very tasty in taste. It is being cultivated in Jabalpur village of Tankara in Morbi district. This gigantic gooseberry is said to be the gooseberry of Thailand and is supplied to different districts of Gujarat as well as other states.
Rather than being bothered by routine farming, if converted to farming like Prabhubhai Kamaria, not only will 100 per cent of the farmland benefit but the farmer's income will also increase tremendously. Ek bar chakho gay to yaad rakho gay.