Tula Ram Upreti: In the rural areas of India, every child is aware of farming. Those who belong to farmer families, they are not taught farming, rather it is in their blood. The new generations of farmer families take inspiration from their elders and start handling the fields and barns. Then an attachment towards farming develops from childhood itself, which stays with us for life. Then there comes such a stage in life, when farmers start seeing success of their hard work, although no one knows when this opportunity will come.
This achievement has come at the age of 98 in the life of Sikkim’s Padma Shri awardee farmer Tula Ram Upreti. Tula Ram Upreti, a resident of Pakyong district of Sikkim, is called the master of organic farming today.
98-year-old farmer Tula Ram Upreti has been awarded the Padma Shri award for his wonderful and incomparable contribution in the field of agriculture. He has proved that age is just a number. If you want to achieve anything in your life, then stick to it with determination. Please tell that these farmers are still active in organic farming.
#PadmaAwards2023 , Nekram Sharma, Organic farmer from Mandi, reviving the traditional Crop System of ‘Nau-Anaj’ to receive Padma Shri in the field of Others (Agriculture) pic.twitter.com/VDUN3LrEum
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Let us tell you that Tula Ram Upreti is a small farmer, who had great attachment to farming in his childhood. Was interested in traditional farming from the beginning, so did farming with this method throughout his life. Made innovations, so that good crop production can be taken.
Also adopted organic farming and natural farming for better crop production and environmental protection. This journey had started even before the establishment of Sikkim Organic Mission of Sikkim Government, that is, he was engaged in organic farming for six decades.
Gradually their popularity started increasing. Farmers came to him and started learning the tricks of farming. He gave training to many farmers in organic farming and natural farming and inspired them to achieve crop production in view of environmental protection.
Tula Ram Upreti’s wife Benu Maya Upreti also supported a lot in this work. Today, the result of the hard work of farmers like Tula Ram Upreti is that the dependence on chemicals in the agriculture sector of Sikkim has almost ended.
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