The only baseline a farmer really trusts is her own last harvest.
Raj Kumari planted a local turmeric variety on four biswa on 11 June 2024 and harvested on 2 March 2025, after 264 days. Instead of a chemical package she used cow dung and jeevamrit.
The costs: ₹1,500 seed, ₹1,000 land preparation, ₹200 jeevamrit, ₹150 irrigation. Land and labour her own. Total ₹2,850. Six quintals of turmeric, valued at ₹12,000, net return ₹9,150.
Her own assessment is the evidence that matters. She followed a method explained through the programme and saw production double against her earlier experience, and she wants other farmers to try it.
That invitation should travel as farmer-to-farmer learning rather than a general recommendation. One plot in one season needs comparison over time before anyone calls it a method.
Her agency runs through every stage: setting aside the land, preparing and applying the biological inputs, holding a long-duration crop for nine months, and judging the harvest against a baseline only she holds.
Documenting that baseline is the obvious next step - her earlier plot size, production and method - along with labour requirement, seed retention, curing and sale price. That is what would turn an encouraging trial into evidence other turmeric growers can act on.
The only baseline a farmer really trusts is her own last harvest.
Prove It Against Last Year
Training in preparing biological inputs, and a record of the season before as well as the season after. The second half is what makes the first half persuasive.