Malkangiri: In a developing state such as Odisha, where the majority of qualified youth strive to secure government jobs or traditional forms of employment for sustenance, there exist individuals who prefer to carve their paths by embracing challenges.
One among those risk-takers who have been an inspiring figure for others is Kankan Sarkar of M.V. 79 village of Malkangiri district.
Sarkar left his job after facing difficulties supporting his family due to low remuneration. After quitting his contractual job at the court, he started searching for alternatives to earn his livelihood when he ventured into poultry farming.
“After passing B-tech, Sarkar was employed as an electrician on a contractual basis at Civil Court Complex for about a year, earning a minimal salary of Rs 7,000 a month,” said a neighbour.
Kankan learned about poultry farming and the artificial hatching of eggs through incubators on YouTube, after which he made three hand-made incubators.
“Through a YouTube video, I learnt to make hand-made incubators, after which I collected eggs of country hens from the villagers and processed them to produce chickens,” Said Kankan.
Adding more, “In the first batch, I have successfully hatched two hundred eggs and sold the birds in the market. Now, the production has increased to 500 birds,” Kankan Said.
Due to financial constraints, Kankan is unable to expand his production capacity further, for which he has sought the State government’s support for further expansion of his production capacity.
Recently, a tribal-dominated Haldikhol village in Sinapali Tehsil of Nuapada district backed by State and central government schemes had earned a name for itself by becoming self-reliant through mango cultivation.
