An 81-year-old farmer from Bihar, who quit his government job and grew kulla ma, cashew, has won several awards.

Deepak Rao, Bhagalpur: In Bhagalpur, Bihar, a man once quit his job and gave importance to agriculture. Now he is past 80 years but his hard work has totally paid off. 81-year-old Mrungendra Singh from Shahkund Amba, winner of the Kisan Shri and Innovative Farmer Award, quit his government job at the Paravni Refinery to promote cashew and dwarf mango cultivation. Dwarf mango plants can be planted on the terrace even at this age, and when it comes to innovation in agriculture, Mringendra Singh has a twinkle in his eye. He devoted his entire life to agriculture. Mrigendra Singh said that he is cultivating maa in four acres. In this, cultivation of dwarf mangoes is encouraged except Jardalu, Sousa, Fazli, Bombay, Malta. In this, Arunima, Shrestha, Lalima, Pritam, Irwin and others are brought from Delhi ICR and are farming. If you plant it on the roof, you will get up to 200 pods. When planted in the field, it produces up to 1000 pods. He also planted cashew trees in the garden and gave mantra to make profit. He planted 10 cashew trees in the garden and told the people that cashew can be cultivated here as well. Now the cashews have started ripening. So far 10 kg of cashews have been harvested. Encouragement of cashew cultivation at the government level will provide employment to the farmers. Can also earn maximum profit. Also Read: Bhagalpur's Congress candidate Ajit Sharma admits defeat and explains why when he quits dejected amid counting of votes… Mrigendra Singh, coordinator of Kisan Vidyapeedam from 1972 to 1990, toured the country for farmers. After doing ITI, he worked at the Parayuni Refinery but left the job to do farming, says Mrijendra Singh. Now promoting the cultivation of dwarf varieties of mango. He cuts dwarf mangoes, gives them to the neighbors and teaches them the tricks of farming. He was the Coordinator of Kisan Vidyapeeth in Bhagalpur-Bhanga Joint District from 1972 to 1990. During this, the farmers toured the country to get information about technology experiments and modern agriculture among the farmers. Minister of Agriculture, Bhagalpur, Shrigendra Singh was awarded the progressive farmer award in 2007 for his use of technology in agriculture. After this, he received Sabor's innovative farmer award from the Bihar Agricultural University. The post An 81-year-old farmer from Bihar has quit his government job and has won many awards to cultivate kullama and cashews.