For farmers · Shri AnnaSeva Farm
One acre. Fifty families. Income every week.
माझ्या एका एकरातून ५० कुटुंबांचं पोषणFifty families fed from my one acre
Families book first and block their money before you sow. BhoomiSeva turns their weekly orders into your sowing plan. You grow exactly that, on the Shri Mantra Protocol, and you are paid every week for what you deliver.
One fixed rate for every vegetable: ₹30 Acre Rate + ₹4 Harit Bonus = ₹34 a kg, all year, with no link to the mandi. Pilot clusters open from Rabi 2026-27. See the full model →
Multilayer Farm: four floors on one acre, income from week 5 and a three-step payment. See the model →
Demand first
You sow only after the buyer has paid in advance.
Today most farmers sow, harvest and then search for a buyer. Here the families are found first, their money is blocked, and only then does your acre go in.
- Step 1
Families book
Fifty homes from a society, shops or chemist counters book a season and block it a quarter at a time through UPI Reserve Pay, about ₹5,200 a family each quarter.
- Step 2
You get a sowing plan
Crop by crop, bed by bed, with sowing dates. Greens every 10 days, fruiting crops in staggered lots.
- Step 3
You grow on Shri Mantra
Soil test first. Root, Leaf, Soil and Water inputs delivered to you; the Kendra agronomist visits and advises.
- Step 4
Harvest, hand over, get paid
Harvest the day before delivery, grade at the collection point, and receive payment every week.
The one-acre layout
Every part of your acre has a job.
Seven zones on one acre. The fence carries gourds, flowers guard the vegetables, a nursery keeps seedlings ready, and the shed at the gate is where your harvest is weighed and graded.
- A · Leafy greensMethi, palak, coriander, shepu, chavli, spring onion. Sown every 10 days.≈ 7,200 sq ft
- B · Fruiting vegetablesTomato, brinjal, chilli, capsicum, bhindi. Staggered lots from the nursery.≈ 13,700 sq ft
- C · Gourds on the fence and pandalDudhi, karela, dodka, ghosale, cucumber. Uses height, not land.≈ 4,000 sq ft
- D · Beans and podsGavar, chavli, French bean, valor; peas in winter. They feed the soil with nitrogen.≈ 4,600 sq ft
- E · Roots and cole cropsCarrot, radish, beet, cabbage, cauliflower in the cool months.≈ 4,250 sq ft
- F · Pooja flowersMarigold, shevanti, aster; mogra, jaswand and tulsi on the boundary.≈ 2,450 sq ft
- G · Nursery and compostSeedlings, compost pit and the Shri Mantra input store.≈ 1,800 sq ft
- H · Shed, water and pathsCollection and grading shed, water tank, main paths.≈ 5,560 sq ft
Yellow dotted lines in the drawing are marigold guard rows.
The 52-week plan
Small lots, sown one after another.
Instead of one big sowing and one big glut, you sow small lots every one to three weeks. Harvests overlap, so the families get a full basket every week and you get paid every week.
| Crop group | How often you sow | Lot size |
|---|---|---|
| Leafy greens: methi, palak, coriander, shepu, chavli, spring onion | Every 10 days | 4–6 beds |
| Fruiting: tomato, brinjal, chilli, capsicum | Every 3–4 weeks, transplanted from your nursery | 8–10 beds |
| Bhindi, beans, gavar, chavli | Every 2–3 weeks in season | 6–8 beds |
| Gourds and cucumber on the fence and pandal | Twice a year, gap-filled monthly | Full perimeter |
| Roots and cole: carrot, radish, beet, cabbage, cauliflower | Every 2 weeks, October to January | 4–6 beds |
| Pooja flowers: marigold, shevanti, aster | Marigold three times a year; others once | Flower plot and guard rows |
Shri AnnaSeva Aabhar
Thank your fifty families, every week.
Every family that books with you pays you a Harit Bonus of ₹4 on each kilo, 5% of what they pay, over and above your Acre Rate. You thank them with a bunch of pooja flowers from your own plot in every basket. The flowers are your gift: you grow them and bear their cost. BhoomiAahar carries them in the crate and sends your thank-you to each family on WhatsApp.
- About 2,450 sq ftflower plot near the gate, plus marigold guard rows
- ≈ 390 kg a yearfifty bunches every week
- Marigold guard rowsaround tomato and brinjal, to pull pests away
- Bees for your gourdsflowers bring pollinators to the fence crops
- Mogra and jaswandon the boundary, no extra land needed
- Tulsiat the bed ends, cut weekly
Cut flowers early on each harvest day, bundle fifty equal bunches and pack them with the crates at the collection shed. Your flower plot costs about ₹8,000 a year to run, against about ₹41,600 of Harit Bonus from your families.
What one acre can earn
One rate for every vegetable, and what one acre can earn.
Your rate has no link to the mandi. It is fixed once a year, before Kharif, and it is the same for tomato and coriander, in glut and in shortage. Below, how it is built, then a year for an irrigated acre serving fifty families.
| Part | How it works | Per kg |
|---|---|---|
| Acre Rate | Fixed once a year after your soil test; the same for every vegetable | ₹30.00 |
| Harit Bonus | 5% of the ₹80 a kg the family pays, paid monthly for on-time, good-grade delivery | ₹4.00 |
| Your rate | Every vegetable, every week, all year | ₹34.00 |
| Item | Basis | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Acre Rate | 10,400 kg (50 families × 4 kg × 52 weeks) at ₹30 a kg | ₹3,12,000 |
| Harit Bonus | ₹4 a kg on 10,400 kg | ₹41,600 |
| Total paid to you | ₹6,800 every week | ₹3,53,600 |
| Seeds and nursery seedlings | ₹22,000 | |
| Shri Mantra protocol: Root, Leaf, Soil, Water | ₹35,000 | |
| FYM and compost | ₹15,000 | |
| Mulch, trellis and staking | ₹15,000 | |
| Drip upkeep | ₹6,000 | |
| Power or diesel for pumping | ₹6,000 | |
| Hired labour beyond the family (about 100 days) | ₹40,000 | |
| Harvest crates, tools and sundries | ₹5,000 | |
| Shri AnnaSeva Aabhar flower plot (your gift) | ₹8,000 | |
| Insurance and miscellaneous | ₹3,000 | |
| Running costs | ₹1,55,000 | |
| Left with the farm family | before own labour and land value | ₹1,98,600 |
One-time setup of about ₹1.6 lakh (drip and filter, fence trellis and pandal, mulch, nursery shade, compost pit) can be financed. It is repaid in small weekly instalments taken from your weekly payment. Apply for a loan. Figures are illustrative and not a guarantee of yield, price or income. The first Shri AnnaSeva farms are being set up with Warkem Biotech, whose agronomy spans five decades, and these figures will be updated from their field records. Anything you grow beyond your weekly list is yours to sell anywhere, or to the Kendra at the mandi rate; it is not counted here. The same kilos sold at the mandi average would leave about ₹54,000, with crash weeks.
Try your own numbers
- Your rate, every vegetable
- ₹34
- Kilos you deliver a year
- 10,400 kg
- Total paid to you
- ₹3,53,600
- Running costs
- ₹1,55,000
- Left with the farm family
- ₹1,98,600
- Average payment each week
- ₹6,800
- Same kilos sold at the mandi, kept
- ₹53,822
That is more than one acre can reliably deliver, about 200–220 kg a week. BhoomiSeva tags families to your acre only as your soil allows.
Acre Rate ₹30 and Harit Bonus ₹4 a kg. Costs scale with the kilos you grow. The mandi comparison deducts about 3% for commission and transport. Illustrative only.
The arrangement
What you get, and what you commit to.
BhoomiSeva gives you
- Fifty families booked and their money blocked before you sow
- A soil test and a crop-wise Shri Mantra plan for your acre
- A 52-week sowing calendar and seedling plan
- Inputs delivered through the Parivartan Kendra
- Agronomist visits and free crop advice on WhatsApp
- One Acre Rate of ₹30 a kg for every vegetable plus a ₹4 Harit Bonus, paid every week
- Collection, grading, delivery and a market for extra produce
- Help to finance drip, trellis and setup
You commit to
- One irrigated acre with water through summer
- Sow the plan on the dates given, lot by lot
- Use only Shri Mantra inputs; record every spray and dose
- Harvest the day before delivery and bring it to the shed by evening
- Allow residue sampling of any lot
- Keep the flower plot and send Shri AnnaSeva Aabhar flowers with every basket
- Tell the Kendra early if a crop is in trouble
Who should apply: farmers with at least one acre of irrigated land, water through April and May, a road to the farm, and a family that can give daily time to the field.
“Fifty families eat from my farm. I give them the best food, grown with the BhoomiSeva Shri Mantra Protocol.”“माझ्या शेतातून पन्नास कुटुंबं जेवतात. भूमिसेवा श्री मंत्र प्रोटोकॉलने पिकवलेलं उत्तम अन्न मी त्यांना देतो.”
What a Shri AnnaSeva farmer can say
- Your farm
- Named on every family's crate
- Your families
- 50 homes, one society
- Your record
- Soil test, inputs, residue reports
- Your income
- Paid every week
- Your soil
- Healthier every season
Questions
Farmers ask.
What if my yield falls short?
The shortfall is filled from other farms in your cluster. You are paid for what you deliver. The Kendra agronomist works with you to fix the problem early.
What if I produce more than the booking?
Anything beyond your weekly list is yours: sell it anywhere, or to the Kendra at the mandi rate for Farmer's Pick, partner shops and processing. Nothing is sent to the mandi on your behalf.
Who fixes the price?
BhoomiSeva fixes one Acre Rate for your cluster once a year, before Kharif, and it is written into your agreement after your soil test. It is ₹30 a kg for every vegetable, plus a ₹4 a kg Harit Bonus, 5% of what the family pays, for on-time, good-grade delivery. Tomato at a ₹2 mandi or a ₹40 mandi earns you the same ₹34.
Can I start with half an acre?
Yes. Half an acre is planned for about 25 families. The layout and calendar scale down the same way.
Do I need a polyhouse?
No. The plan is for open-field beds with drip and mulch. Shade net over the nursery is enough.
How do I start?
Register, book a soil test, and the Kendra visits your field. Sowing starts once the families for your acre are booked.
Next steps