Strawberry is being grown at Sahadwa in district Hisar

(abcnewsnetwork.com) Chandigarh, Jan-20 :Strawberry is being grown at an area of 50 acres in village Sahadwa in district Hisarof Haryana. Mr. Brahmdev is the first farmer in the district who has adopted the cultivation of strawberry. It may be noted that Sahadwa is basically a desertarea. The water from B N Chakraborty canal is lifted and sent to the further areas for irrigationalpurposes. The extra water of the lake is collected in the pond spread over an area of 40-50 acres. Thiswater is being used by the farmers of the area.Besides strawberry, "safed muslee" was also being cultivated in this area. The strawberry is cultivatedfrom November to April. For the plantation of strawberry, the sapling is brought from Manali in Himachal Pradesh. Although the initial expenditure on the cultivation of strawberrycomes to nearly Rs. two and a half lakh per acre, butit begins to decrease once the crop starts maturing.At present, the demand of the fruit is in Delhi andit fetches around Rs. 200 to Rs. 300 per kg. Dinesh Singh Rawat abcnewsnetwork.com