Four Sikh families have come from Moga in Punjab to Vallandhai in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu and developed 300 acres of fallow land into an orchard.
This patch of land falls in Kamudhi block , one of the driest parts of Ramanathapuram district where Akal Farm has been developed by Himachal Pradesh-based Kalgidhar Trust.
They took three years to remove the shrubs since 2007 and develop the area for plantation of superior variety of guava, mango, cucumber & pumpkin, watermelon by digging 15 bore wells and using drip irrigation method. Timber tree is also grown over five acres.
A perfect method of land development and horticulture as strongly advocated by the author in a research conducted during 1988-92, of course, mainly keeping the economics of small and marginal farmers in Madhya Pradesh.
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