Tenzin’s farm (individual farmer)

Farmer Tenzin and his wife earn their living through agriculture. They have privately leased 4-acre land. In their scattered farmland, they cultivate paddy, vegetable crops and few fruit trees. They also have few cattle. Recently they have started with offseason vegetable cultivation. They are in the second phase/season of cultivating offseason high value cole crops (cauliflower, broccoli).  The couple’s success has also influenced the neighbourhood for offseason Cole crops which gives a good income.  The wife has only studied till 6^th grade and is aware of some ICT tools. She also uses smart phone for communicating with her customers. For farming they use organic and limited chemical fertilizer.  They are the highest producer of vegetable crops in the area. All their produce is directly bought by the wholesalers from their farm itself which saves them the transportation cost. As per the discussion with the farmers, they have limited irrigation facilities.