We can define Secondary Agriculture as a set of production activities and strategies. This includes--
1. sustainable production2. marketing farm produces 3. creating market channels for improving
operations and 4 recognizing agriculture as an income-generating activity Here, the term
"secondary" is also connected with climate-change-related problems.
In this perspective, IMAP initiated a Soil Testing Unit, a Tissue Culture Laboratory, Mushroom
Production Unit, Vermi-Composting Centre and Lac cultivation. The advantage of these units
associated with the main production unit is to fulfil the objectives of Secondary agriculture
We focussed on reclaiming fallow lands for generating a sustainable production process so that the participants can get round-the-year income. To implement this concept, we started lac cultivation in a novel host plant, Semialata Flemingia, on a patch of 80 acres of fallow land. To complement this production process, we added all the stated services on this fallow land. Within one year, along with the production of lac, other units started rewarding.
To make efficient use of fallow lands, a couple of agricultural support system was developed.
The Soil Testing Laboratory was initiated to understand the quality of the fallow soil. This result
helped us to take corrective measures so that production can be initiated. During the period
when the plantation of Semialata Flemingia was taking shape, we introduced several intercrops
so that the farm can start to produce at the earliest. These intercrops were chosen so that the
local market can absorb them. These crops became one of the major sources of income and
nutrition for the farmers and the local people.
When intercropping was successful, we started to develop particular soil-friendly plants in the
Tissue Culture laboratory. In the meantime, the land hosted several Mushroom Production
Units and Vermi-Compost units. It was unbelievable that such fallow lands were able to host
Banana & Papaya Plants which were never been raised before. The support of Vermicompost
units made all the orchards a zone of natural farming. The mushroom units helped the entire
income generation process at regular intervals. The combined result was the promotion of
agricultural enterprises. The life and livelihood of the area changed.
To make efficient use of fallow lands, a couple of agricultural support system was developed.
The Soil Testing Laboratory was initiated to understand the quality of the fallow soil. This result
helped us to take corrective measures so that production can be initiated. During the period
when the plantation of Semialata Flemingia was taking shape, we introduced several intercrops
so that the farm can start to produce at the earliest. These intercrops were chosen so that the
local market can absorb them. These crops became one of the major sources of income and
nutrition for the farmers and the local people.
When intercropping was successful, we started to develop particular soil-friendly plants in the
Tissue Culture laboratory. In the meantime, the land hosted several Mushroom Production
Units and Vermi-Compost units. It was unbelievable that such fallow lands were able to host
Banana & Papaya Plants which were never been raised before. The support of Vermicompost
units made all the orchards a zone of natural farming. The mushroom units helped the entire
income generation process at regular intervals. The combined result was the promotion of
agricultural enterprises. The life and livelihood of the area changed.
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