The progressive farmers of Kasba Siwan of Kaithal district are increasingly inclined towards crop diversification and organic farming. Kasba Siwan is considered as vegetable hub in Kaithal district. The cultivation of vegetables, fruits and oilseeds is being promoted by the farmers of this area by reducing the cultivation of wheat and paddy and organic farming is also being done by the farmers. The farmers of the villages around Siwan have made a name for themselves in the whole of South India by cultivating all types of vegetables as well as melons and watermelons. The land of this area is quite fertile and the farmers here used to cultivate wheat and paddy earlier but now adopting crop diversification by the farmers here, the cultivation of vegetables, fruits and oilseeds has started giving more emphasis.For the last two to three years, the farmers of this place earned good income by cultivating red, yellow and pink watermelons and farmers also earned good profits by cultivating cucumbers in poly houses.
The progressive farmers here Gurdayal Malikpur, Gulab Singh and Jarnail Singh said that earlier they used to do traditional wheat and money cultivation in their fields but now they adopt organic farming along with cultivating vegetables, fruits and oilseeds by adopting crop diversification. is being done vigorously.He called upon the farmers of the state to adopt crop diversification and earn good income by cultivating vegetables, fruits and oilseeds. He said that all farmers should promote organic farming by reducing the use of chemical fertilizers in their fields.