Presentation
During the year 2007, most of the cultivated area of the farm and the poultry were developed for an immediate use by Volontariat, central kitchen or Nila Illam programme.
Main productions in 2007:
Paddy (rice with bran): 846 bags or 56 tons,
Bananas: 540 bunches, almost 81000 fruits,
Vegetables: 700kg
Ragi (kind of millet): 730kg, very nutritious food,
Milk: 28200 liters (77 l/day on average)
Poultry: almost 262 tons of chicken meat and some geese and turkeys, for Volontariat programmes or sold in Tripti shop.
Cattle and poultry of the farm on April 2008:
For the milk production, there are 38 animals, including 13 milking cows, 3 dry cows, 5 male calves, 13 female calves and 4 bulls.
2 small donkeys for the children of Nila Illam,
Broilers: 7 batches of each from 400 to 500 chicks.
Country hens giving eggs: 17,
Geese: 21 and Turkeys: 22 (sold on festival time like Divalli or X’mas)
Not only geese and turkeys are grown for their meat, but their presence around the houses drives away some not wanted animals like snakes or scorpions.
