G Udaygiri, March 15: Baruna Pradhan of Badagiri village under Raikia block of Kandhamal district has found a fortune by taking up coloured cauliflower cultivation.
This has given him a way out to get rid of working as a bonded labour in other states.
Pradhan used to work as a bonded labour in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. He saw a farmer in Bengaluru who was earning good profits from coloured cauliflower cultivation and got inspired.
After returning to village he took up coloured cauliflower cultivation on an experiment basis. Later, he started commercial cultivation by taking land on lease from other farmers of his village.
Now, he is producing pink, yellow colour cauliflowers along with broccoli and red colour cabbage. His produces have a good demand in local market, Berhampur and Bhubaneswar cities
This farming has brought him a name in the area and he is making good profit also.
