Nisha Sharma, 44, was completely shattered when she lost her husband in 2011 in a road accident, but that didn바카라t stop this 10+2 pass-out from making it big. Along with her 13-year-old son, Sharma is achieving all that her late husband had imagined 바카라 She is an independent, self-made and successful apple orchardist at a village Nagri in Shimla바카라s popular fruit-belt of Jubbal-Kotkhai.
바카라I produce 500 to 700 box of apples every year, which I market myself at the State Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) regulated wholesale multi-purpose Market at Para la, located next to Adani바카라s CA storage 바카라cum-market yard in Shimla district. The market has the most reliable and trustworthy system," she explains.
She also sends the product to the government manned procurement entity 바카라 Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Produce Marketing and Processing (HPMC) Corporation, which has a Market Intervention Scheme (MIS).
Nisha says she has no trust in the private wholesale buyers, who often approach her for purchase of apples. These buyers usually don바카라t pay on time and it gets difficult to chase them for payments.
Commenting on the same, Rakesh Singha, a CPM MLA from Theog revealed that in the areas like Jubbal-Kotkhai and Rohru, many people have been fooled by these small-time apple buyers and agents from Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune and Chennai. Many have just disappeared after the season leaving the farmers in the lurch with post-dated unpaid cheques and court ligations.
However, keeping all this in mind, Nisha has chosen to play safe - She sells the produce to the Para la market only.
She established her orchard with almost1000-odd plants in 1960-65 but after her husband바카라s death, she supplemented the existing traditional varieties 바카라 Royal, delicious and golden with hybrid high-density plantation of imported spur and Granny Smith varieties.
Nisha proudly says, 바카라I have learned driving and now I own a private car. I can handle all my orchard operations through-out the year. I do pruning myself, handle sprays, grading and packaging. Nepali labourers who turn-up during the season also provide a lot of support.바카라
She gets all input materials viz pesticide, insecticides used in the orchard from two-three local dealers
Though admitting that taking care of the home, and teenage son has been a tough job along with farm operations, she says that she is now used to it.
She feels, 바카라Woman in the mountains are otherwise strong, aware and know how to handle the life and family matters, braving social challenges. It바카라s all due to high literacy and empowerment in Himachal Pradesh.바카라
