Name : Manaram choudhary
District & State : Sikar, Rajasthan
Category : Agricultural (General)
Award : State
Award Function : 4th National Grassroots Innovation Awards
Award Year : 2007
Innovation Description
- Award Status
- IPR Status
- Technical Specification
- Salient Features
- Source
- MVIF
- Vard
Background
Shri Manaram Chaudhary (72) has developed an early maturing and less water dependant variety of onion through selection, which has become famous across the northern states of Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan because of its good taste.He has been practicing farming for the last fifty years and cultivating onion for the last thirty-two years. He lives in a joint family with his four brothers and his children. He has around ten hectares of land, taken care of by his sons, where wheat, bajra, guar and onion are cultivated. Manaram is also involved in dairy business and has some cattle too.