Urdhva - Amrit Krishi FAQs

Q. 1. How much land is required to produce food round the year for a family in India implementing Natueco farming techniques? A quarter acre land is required for a family of 5 members. Quarter Acre = 3630 Square Yards; 1 acre = 4840 Square Yards; 43560 Square Feet Q.2 What kind of produces can we receive from quarter acre of land for the family to sustain? Enough food round the year including wheat, paddy, pulses, vegetables, fruits, honey, cotton, bio diesel, herbal medicines, food for animals and additional produces to be traded with capitalist society. Q. 3 How many people would require to work on the farm of quarter acre and for how many hours? Initial 3 years it would be 8 hours of manual work per day on the field after 3 years 2 hours per day. The initial work time is required to nurture the land. Man power required 2 people per quarter acre. Q. 4 Can the work be automated or semi automated? Yes, you can automate or semi automate the work to be free of personal labor depending on the sustainability issues related to energy consumption thus having more freer time for self-developmental activities and activities related to society and its collective growth. Q. 5. How much water is required per day to sustain farming activities? 1000 liters of water is required per day to sustain the farming activities, however for initial 3 years the requirement will be on higher side. Q.6. How much electricity would be required to maintain such land? Majority of consumption of electricity would be required of fetching the water required for farming. Q.7. What are the other source of energy we can use? Solar and Wind energy both are costly affair for marginal people; however a community having enough talent to produce funds can install such systems. We suggest Biomas Gasifire technology to produce gas and run generators.

Q.8. Will we require machineries on farms? No machineries are required to work on quarter acre farm. A normally fit human being can work on farms easily and keep his health fit. Q. 9. Can we earn extra money to meet other requirements other than food and shelter? Yes, as we cannot completely be free from monetary affairs and cannot produce each and everything inside the community. We can partially become free from monetary slavery but we can produce extra enough to trade with capitalist world and receive money from our produces from quarter acre. Q.10. Why should we be farming and producing our own food? We should produce our own so that our health is not taken for granted by profit making mind sets. Our food and water both are coming to us in contaminated forms causing us huge physical and mental health damages. Profit motive mind set gets exploited through monetary system easily and peoples health comes on stake for someones profit. This cannot be eradicated inside a monetary system which itself comes from a profit making mental paradigm. When basic needs are assured and fulfilled within ones own limits and needs in natural (sahaj), easy (saral) & easily available way (sulabh) then we as humans can be free of slavery for money under a monetary system and be part of the universe as creator of abundance for all, care taker of the nature and re-composer of nature and lead a natural life. When humans are free from slavery and greed they can explore more life in life through knowing their own being and establish a better connection with the world and people surrounding them thus having a holistic out look for life. Q.11. What if I am not a farmer by birth? In India farming land is only available to farmers only? Except few states you can buy farming land in India. Long term lease land can be taken from farmers to establish your own farming activity. Forming a group and establishing a trust for that group can be also a safe long term method to own farming land.

Q.12. Is this farming method organic and eco-friendly? Yes, we are using maximum possible sustainable methods and organic methods and get maximum nutrition from the produces.