Women Power: Female farmers cultivate, sell watermelons worth Rs 17 lakh in Jharkhand

Geeta Devi of Churchu Nari Urja Farmer Producer Company told ETV Bharat that "the land on which we are standing was once barren and farming was impossible but we women together made it cultivable."

Hazaribagh: In an exemplary move, a group of 800 women from Hazaribagh started Churchu Nari Energy Farmer Producer Company Limited to cultivate watermelons on 200 acres of land. The women farmers have set a target of selling watermelons worth around Rs 25 to 30 lakh, in which about Rs 17 lakh worth of watermelons have been sold.

ETV Bharat spoke to the company's director Sumitra Devi who added, "We went to the women whose land was lying vacant." Later, Geeta Devi of Churchu Nari Urja Farmer Producer Company said, "the land on which we are standing was once barren and farming was impossible but we women together made it cultivable."

Another farmer Manju Devi said, "we will build our house and send our children to a private school with the money we earn."