Straight from the Terrains
of North India
- Organic Farms of Purwa,
Uttar paresh
Our farmers from Purwa cultivate a variety
of organic and sustainably grown crops like
Basmati, Soybean, Amaranth, and more which
are then fine-graded and checked for quality
assurance for distribution.
Straight from the Terrains
of North India
- Organic Farms of Purwa,
Uttar paresh
Our farmers from Purwa cultivate a variety
of organic and sustainably grown crops like
Basmati, Soybean, Amaranth, and more which
are then fine-graded and checked for quality
assurance for distribution.
Straight from the Terrains
of North India
- Organic Farms of Purwa,
Uttar paresh
Our farmers from Purwa cultivate a variety
of organic and sustainably grown crops like
Basmati, Soybean, Amaranth, and more which
are then fine-graded and checked for quality
assurance for distribution.
Straight from the Terrains
of North India
- Organic Farms of Purwa,
Uttar paresh
Our farmers from Purwa cultivate a variety
of organic and sustainably grown crops like
Basmati, Soybean, Amaranth, and more which
are then fine-graded and checked for quality
assurance for distribution.

At Nature Bio Foods, our mission is to deliver quality products (crops, grains and produce) to the global consumers by following environmentally safe production techniques and ingredients that secures the socio-economic development of all involved.

To tell you about the Purwa Project, it is located in the Unnao District in Uttar Pradesh, a state in India. Situated approximately 35 km away from sub-district headquarter Purwa and almost 45 km away from district headquarter Unnao, Purwa is a quiet and beautiful village. It is the home to hard-working and endearing farmers who are dependant on growing crops for their livelihood. Since they are at the heart of our business, we are happy to be able to affect their lives remarkably.

The Purwa project produces all kinds of Rabi, Kharif, and Zaid crops with the special mention of Basmati which is the most popular produce of the farms. Following the best practices for organic farming, providing good quality produce, developing healthy and fertile soil for longer periods of production remain the priorities for the Purwa project.

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Learn More About the Project

Location of the Project

The Purwa Project area covers 2 blocks- Purwa and Bichhiya, Uttar Pradesh. Purwa is located in the Jaunpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is ruled by the Purwa Gram Panchayat. It comes under the jurisdiction of the Mariahu community development block. The nearest town is Jaunpur, about 6 km from Purwa. The holy river Ganges lies 46 km ahead of Purwa.

Coordinates – Purwa Project is situated in Purwa, Unnao (Uttar Pradesh). Its geographical coordinates are 26° 28′ 0″ North, 80° 47′ 0″ East.

Organic Certification

Organic products are grown under a system of agriculture without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides with an environmentally and socially responsible approach. This is a method of farming that works at grass root level preserving the reproductive and regenerative capacity of the soil, good plant nutrition, and sound soil management, produces nutritious food rich in vitality and has resistance to diseases.
India is bestowed with a lot of potential to produce all varieties of organic products due to its various agro-climatic conditions.

USDA certified organic foods are grown and processed according to federal guidelines addressing, among many factors, soil quality, animal raising practices, pest and weed control, and use of additives. Organic producers rely on natural substances and physical, mechanical, or biologically based farming methods to the fullest extent possible.

Everything you need to know about Unnao

The project area is located in the Ganges’ huge plains and is therefore extremely fertile in terms of terrains. The majority of the soil is alluvial. Unnao and Kanpur are separated by the Ganges. The river Ganges in the west and the river Sai in the east encircles the area.

There is 122.18 acres of sown/agricultural land. Unirrigated land covers around 1.06 hectares. Irrigated land covers around 121.12 ha. Canal water irrigates approximately 81.63 hectares. Wells/tube wells irrigate about 39.49 hectares.

Around 92 percent of the project area, which is bounded by the Sai River, is cultivated. The region has a subtropical climate and is predominantly agrarian.

Agricultural Characteristics

Soil Profile

Here is some information about the soil profile of our project in Purwa. The main soil types of the district are sandy, clayey and loamy soils. The loamy soils occur in the plain, sandy on the ridges and the clayey on the topographic lows. The user-soil patches are frequently occurring mainly in the clay dominating soils. The terrains are majorly sandy, having an area of 78,300 hectares. The soils of the region are mostly alluvial and soils are neutral to moderately alkaline and medium in organic content.

Soil Type 1

Soil Type 2

Soil Type 3

Climate Condition

There are four distinct climatic seasons in the district which are winter, summer, monsoon and receding-monsoon. This project comes under the Middle Plain Zone of U.P. The temperature ranges from 6 to 46 degree centigrade.

The wet season normally starts at the end of June month. The average rainfall is 1000-1200 MM in the Project area due to north-westerly wind.

Temp.

Minimum

6°C
(Dec-Jan)

Maximum

35°C
(May-June)

Humidity

Minimum

27°C
(Dec-Jan)

Maximum

90°C
(May-June)

Rainfall

When compared with winter, the summers have much more rainfall.

South West
Mansoon

297 mm
(June-Sep)

North West
Mansoon

95 mm
(Oct-Jan)

Summer
Rains

15 mm
(Mar-May)

Seasons

There are mainly three seasons.

Summer
(Mar-June)

Rainy
(July-Sep)

Winter
(Oct-Feb)

Farm Water Availability

The availability of water on the farm is as follows: Rain, Canal, and Tubewell. The irrigation in the project takes place through the Sharda Canal network system and tube wells. About 87% area of the net sown area (3,00,000 hectares) is irrigated both by surface water (Sharda Canal network system) and groundwater through shallow and moderately deep tube wells. The share of surface water irrigation is 48% while that of groundwater is 52%.

Nature of Farmers

The farmers in the Purwa region are hardworking and extremely cooperative in nature. They also help each other when needed. They are keen on learning new techniques and are mostly inclined towards organic farming. When introduced to innovation, they were readily welcoming new techniques such as homemade inputs like composts, bio-pesticides and liquid manures.

Growing Conditions

It is crucial to know about a farm’s growing conditions for further evaluation of crop quality, type etc. The growing conditions in Purwa are favourable for most of the Kharif and Rabi crops. Since the main crops of the project area are paddy, wheat, mustard, moong and black gram which need a hot and humid climate, so Purwa is appropriate for them.

Most of the farmers here have small holding farms and used traditional methods and apparatus for farming. However, machines are also used in some farms where the landholding size is big.

Crop Details

Traditional Basmati Paddy (CSR-30) is the most popular crop in Purwa. It is also probably one of the most often chosen types of this grain, mainly due to its perfect texture and its fragrant aroma. After all, its name says “fragrant”! (Basmati means fragrant in Hindi)

Kharif

  • Traditional Basmati Paddy CSR-30)
  • Basmati Paddy Type-3, PB1121
  • Non-Basmati Paddy
  • Non-Basmati Paddy-Sona Masuri
  • Moti Masuri
  • Ganga Kaveri
  • Moong
  • Black Gram

Rabi

  • Wheat
  • Red onion
  • Garlic
  • Barley
  • Mustured
  • Turmeric

Statistics

NBF Supply Chain

Study over soils and environment is done in relation to crop production, environmental quality, ecosystem sustainability, bioremediation, waste management, recycling, and wise land use.
There are different stages of land preparation, each more significant and strenuous than the other. The marriage of these smaller steps together becomes the base for a healthy harvest. The steps required in the preparation of land involve: • Clearing and weeding the field • Pre-irrigation • First plowing or tilling • Harrowing • Flooding • Levelling
Sowing is done after land preparation which is the art of placing seeds in the soil at a particular depth for good germination of seeds. Sowing plays a major role in Agriculture. Perfect Sowing is placing the seed at a specific depth with the correct amount of seed pr unit are with good spacing between plant to plant and row to row.
Weeding is one of the most important practices in many crops. Weeding can be defined as the removal of weeds (unwanted plants) from the field. Weeding is necessary because weeds compete with the main crop plants for different factors such as water, sunlight, nutrients, and space and hence affect plant growth. There are different benefits of the weeding process by which we get a healthier crop.
Some microbes like Bacteria, Fungi, and Algae are capable of Fixing Atmospheric Nitrogen, Solubilising Insoluble Soil Phosphates, or Mobilising Potash, making them available to plant roots. Materials carrying these microbes are Bio fertilizers and are used in our farming methods.
Harvesting is the operation of gathering the useful part or parts of the plant and is carried out at the time when all the nutrients have developed and the edible parts have reached the appropriate degree of maturity. In general, the harvest takes place 10 or 15 days after the grain has reached physiological maturity. At the time of maturity, the grain has specific moisture content and special physical characteristics.
Transport enables agriculture and emboldens the farmer to invest more and increase production.   And without this transport system, large quantities of painstakingly farmed produce would be laid to waste.  On the contrary, if an efficient transport system exists, and the agricultural produce is handled with care, the farmer can get the best possible returns and we ensure efficient transportation.
Packaging helps farmers and exporters to deliver food in the handiest approach without any loss. Packaging prevents unnecessary waste post-harvest and during the processes of production, storage, and transportation. It ensures short and long-term stability between the farmers and consumers and we ensure efficient packaging practices are followed.
Harvested crops (threshed/shelled/dried) need further processing to get rid of various types of contaminations or undesirable matter, viz., inert material, common and seeds of noxious weeds, other crops/variety seed, decorticated seed, damaged seed, and/or off-size seed. Cleaning and grading result in reduced bulk of the material, high-value products, safe and longer storage, more out-turn of better quality milled products.
In the case of Air Transport to prevent shifting of the load in a cargo container for air transport, a piece of solid foam or folded fiber-board is placed along the curved or triangular portion of the floor of the container. Cartons are stacked on top provide better support and be held upright. Similarly, applicable procedures and SOP’s are followed for Ship Transports.
Unloading of crops is done through specialized tools and equipment to avoid any sort of losses and damage to the crop during the procedure.
To manage the security of goods and better storage and organisation and facilitation feasible size and labeling functions, crops are packed in small packets to be made available to customers and final stage.
At the last stage the packets are delivered to the customers ensuring utmost satisfaction and quality shipping. Proper SOP and tracking procedures are kept in place to avoid loss of packages and providing timely updates.

NBF Supply Chain

Study over soils and environment is done in relation to crop production, environmental quality, ecosystem sustainability, bioremediation, waste management, recycling, and wise land use.
There are different stages of land preparation, each more significant and strenuous than the other. The marriage of these smaller steps together becomes the base for a healthy harvest. The steps required in the preparation of land involve: • Clearing and weeding the field • Pre-irrigation • First plowing or tilling • Harrowing • Flooding • Levelling
Sowing is done after land preparation which is the art of placing seeds in the soil at a particular depth for good germination of seeds. Sowing plays a major role in Agriculture. Perfect Sowing is placing the seed at a specific depth with the correct amount of seed pr unit are with good spacing between plant to plant and row to row.
Weeding is one of the most important practices in many crops. Weeding can be defined as the removal of weeds (unwanted plants) from the field. Weeding is necessary because weeds compete with the main crop plants for different factors such as water, sunlight, nutrients, and space and hence affect plant growth. There are different benefits of the weeding process by which we get a healthier crop.
Some microbes like Bacteria, Fungi, and Algae are capable of Fixing Atmospheric Nitrogen, Solubilising Insoluble Soil Phosphates, or Mobilising Potash, making them available to plant roots. Materials carrying these microbes are Bio fertilizers and are used in our farming methods.
Harvesting is the operation of gathering the useful part or parts of the plant and is carried out at the time when all the nutrients have developed and the edible parts have reached the appropriate degree of maturity. In general, the harvest takes place 10 or 15 days after the grain has reached physiological maturity. At the time of maturity, the grain has specific moisture content and special physical characteristics.
Transport enables agriculture and emboldens the farmer to invest more and increase production.   And without this transport system, large quantities of painstakingly farmed produce would be laid to waste.  On the contrary, if an efficient transport system exists, and the agricultural produce is handled with care, the farmer can get the best possible returns and we ensure efficient transportation.
Packaging helps farmers and exporters to deliver food in the handiest approach without any loss. Packaging prevents unnecessary waste post-harvest and during the processes of production, storage, and transportation. It ensures short and long-term stability between the farmers and consumers and we ensure efficient packaging practices are followed.
Harvested crops (threshed/shelled/dried) need further processing to get rid of various types of contaminations or undesirable matter, viz., inert material, common and seeds of noxious weeds, other crops/variety seed, decorticated seed, damaged seed, and/or off-size seed. Cleaning and grading result in reduced bulk of the material, high-value products, safe and longer storage, more out-turn of better quality milled products.
In the case of Air Transport to prevent shifting of the load in a cargo container for air transport, a piece of solid foam or folded fiber-board is placed along the curved or triangular portion of the floor of the container. Cartons are stacked on top provide better support and be held upright. Similarly, applicable procedures and SOP’s are followed for Ship Transports.
Unloading of crops is done through specialized tools and equipment to avoid any sort of losses and damage to the crop during the procedure.
To manage the security of goods and better storage and organisation and facilitation feasible size and labeling functions, crops are packed in small packets to be made available to customers and final stage.
At the last stage the packets are delivered to the customers ensuring utmost satisfaction and quality shipping. Proper SOP and tracking procedures are kept in place to avoid loss of packages and providing timely updates.

Process at a Glance

Clipping The Tip Of A Paddy Seeding

Yellow stem borer is a serious pest of rice, and its incidence is noticed in the nursery, planting to mid tillering, and panicle initiation stages. Heavy infestation results in 40-60 percent yield loss. Symptoms of damage include the presence of brown-colored egg masses near leaf tips in the nursery and early transplanted plants.
One of the control measures is to clip off the tip of the seedlings before transplanting and collect and destroy stem borer egg masses present on the transplanted young rice plants.
Team NBFL conducted 100+ field demonstrations of clipping the paddy seedlings before transplanting and collecting and destroying stem borer eggs.

Benefits Of Line Sowing Of Paddy

A scientific study revealed that the average increase in paddy yield was about 20 % under the line sowing method over the broadcast method of paddy planting. The per hectare net return was more under-line sowing as compared to the broadcasted method of sowing.
Also, line sowing is more effective due to easy intercultural operations like weeding, spraying, etc., and uniform plant stand.
Team NBF demonstrated this technology at 100 farmers’ fields.

Technology Demonstration & Training

Pheromone Traps for insect management
Waste Decomposer for crop residue decomposing & quality compost making
Vermi Compost units
Botanical Pesticides
Contamination control in produce

Demonstration Of Pheromone Trap

Pheromone traps are often used to catch certain species of insects and in these traps, a pheromone attractant is used to lure insects. Once attracted, a catching bucket captures the insect.
Pheromones are sex attractants that attract only males of various species of insects. These types of traps are not used to control insects but instead are used to detect the presence of pests, for monitoring, or to determine the first appearance of a pest in an area.
To manage the yellow stem borer of the paddy team NBFL demonstrated this trap at farmer’s fields.

Weed Suppression

Green manure crops grow quickly and their very leafy growth smothers weeds. It is like a living mulch as it suppresses weeds and retains moisture in the soil. It is good practice to make sure the soil is weed-free first. That is why they are very important when areas are left fallow especially good in winter.

Demonstration Of Pheromone Trap

Improving Soil Structure

Green manures have deep penetrative roots that as they grow open up the soil. This is an advantage on heavy soils as allows drainage to occur more freely and organic matter to be left in the soil on lighter soils the particles of soil can bind together better so they can hold water better and leaves the organic matter in the soil.

Adding Nutrients

Leguminous green (Sesbania) manures absorb nitrogen from the air and fix it in root nodules on their roots so that when it is dug in it becomes available to the following crop. Specific soil bacteria are required to be present but they are usually present in healthy soil. Nitrogen is required by plants as it encourages healthy stem and leaf growth.

Technology Demonstration & Training

Pheromone Traps for insect management
Waste Decomposer for crop residue decomposing & quality compost making
Vermi Compost units
Botanical Pesticides
Contamination control in produce

Soil Sampling & testing

A soil test is important for several reasons: to optimize crop production, to protect the environment from contamination by runoff and leaching of excess fertilizers, to aid in the diagnosis of plant culture problems, to improve the nutritional balance of the growing media and to save money and conserve energy by applying only the amount of fertilizer needed. Pre-plant media analyses indicate potential nutrient deficiencies, pH imbalance, or excess soluble salts. This is particularly important for farmers who grow organic and use their own produced FYM.
In support of the department of agriculture Jammu, we have conducted soil analysis before the sowing of Rabi and Kharif crops every year and based on lab results recommend nutrient management practices to our growers.

History of The Area

Ethnic Characteristics Of The Area

Culture Of The Area

How to Reach Purwa?

Purwa is connected by mainly road transport via the popular cities Lucknow and Kanpur. One can take bus services from Charbag (Lucknow) to Kaiserbag (Lucknow) to Alambag (Lucknow). From Kanpur, one has to come to Unnao first and then take public transport for Purwa.

By Train

Purwa has great connectivity via rail to most major parts of the country. They are connected to the Unnao junction railway station.

By Road

Private and public buses are the most convenient way of reaching Purwa via Unnao district.

By Air

One can visit Purwa via air by reaching Lucknow or Varanasi first and then using road transport.

Mountain

It has an average elevation of roughly 129 meters (423 feet).

River

The holy river Ganges touches the district near the village of Purwa Gahir, Uttar Pradesh.

Soil

The main soil types of the district are Sandy, Clay and Loamy soils.

Crop

Horticulture crops of the Purwa project include Basmati, Sona Masuri, Moti Masuri, Ganga Kaveri, Moong, Black Gram.

Sustainability Efforts

Economic

Women Employment Generated

1200+

Average Farmer's Income Growth

20%

Annual Employment Growth

9%

Social

Schools Constructed

10+

Toilets Constructed

100+

Daily Meal Distributed

10,000+

Sanitization kits Distributed

10,000+

Blood Domination Camps

100+

Environmental

Trees Planted

99,978+

Sanitation Facilities Provided

100+

Solar Lamps Installed

1,000+

Gallon Rain Water Harvested

15,000+

KGs Plastic Waste Recycled

9.000+

Impact

Impact by our Farmers

Farmers use a variety of methods to improve soil fertility, including crop rotation, cover cropping, reduced tillage, and application of compost. By reducing fuel-intensive tillage, less soil organic matter is lost to the atmosphere. This has the added benefit of carbon sequestration, which reduces greenhouse gases and helps reverse climate change. Reducing tillage may also improve soil structure and reduce the potential for soil erosion.

Difference our People are Making

Multiple Processes starting Conversion of land from conventional management to organic management and Management of the entire surrounding system to ensure biodiversity and sustainability of the system. Also, Crop production with the use of alternative sources of nutrients such as crop rotation, residue management, organic manures, and providing complete biological inputs.

Management of weeds and pests by better management practices, physical and cultural means is supervised and managed by our teams thus being an integral contributor and impact to the cause.

Contribution by our Customers

Consumers’ attention to food safety issues and environmental issues has increased overwhelmingly in recent decades because of their increased concern about their own health, the environment’s health, and the crises and emergencies reported worldwide. Once the only option, organic agriculture has always been a production option followed by at least a few farmers all over the world, and consumers are directly contributing to the overall health of the planet and creating an impact by simply consuming.

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