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Success Stories

• Name: Mogili Kameswarao, Village: Sankavaram, Mandal: Sankavaram, District: East Godavari,

  Posted On: Aug 6th 2021

  Mogili Kameswarao has been doing Casuarina plantations from 2005. From the past 5 years, the farmer has started planting Casuarina clones. He confirms from his own experience that casuarina seedling plantations gave yield of 20-30 MT per acre, while on the other hand he was getting a yield of 50-60 MT per acre from his Casuarina clonal plantations. Read Full Story
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• Name: Ch Lakshmaih, Village: Metlapalem, Mandal: Narsipatnam, District: Visakhapatnam,

  Posted On: Nov 30 2018

  Ch Lakshmaih has been into Casuarina farming for the past 25 to 30 years. After Andhra Paper Limited Rajahmundry introduced Casuarina clones, he has planted 1 acre of his land with these clones which gave a yield of 50 to 60 tons. Read Full Story
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• Name: Sirisapalli Narasimharao, Village: M Gannavaram, Mandal: Nathavaram, District: Visakhapatnam,

  Posted On: Nov 30 2018

  SirisapalliNarasimharao has been cultivating casuarina for the past 25 years, mostly seedling type. In the last 5 years, he has started planting Andhra Paper Limited's casuarina clones after getting satisfied with initial planting of 2000 clones. Read Full Story
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• Name: Sheikh Madeen Sahib, Village: Sankhavaram, Mandal: Sankhavaram, District: East Godavari,

  Posted On: Oct 12 2018

  Shaikh Madeen Sahib has been involved with farming of Casuarina junghuhniana(seedling plantation) for over 15 years. But, he changed to Clonal Casuarina farming after seeing that heavy winds are bending the seedling plantation. Read Full Story
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• Name: Borupalli Venkat Rao, Village: P Nayakampali, Mandal: Rangampeta, District: East Godavari,

  Posted On: Oct 12 2018

  Venkat Rao planted Casuarina clones of Andhra Paper Limited in 2 acres of land with 8 ft by 3 ft spacing about 3 years ago. In the first year, he intercropped with Black gram (Minumulu) which gave approx. 8 quintals yield at market rate of INR 13000 and was quite satisfied with it. Read Full Story
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• Name: EdupugantaPeriah, Village: Rangampeta, Mandal: Rangampeta, District: East Godavari,

  Posted On: Oct 12 2018

  Rising manpower/labor costs caused Periah to convert from agriculture to farm forestry. He attended one of the farmer meetings organized by Andhra Paper Limited in his village wherein farmers were encouraged to consider Casuarina plantation given similar labor cost constraints. Read Full Story
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• Name: Krishnamraju, Village: Batajangalapalem, Mandal: Sabbavaram, District: Visakhapatnam,

  Posted On: Oct 11 2018

  Krishnamraju did vegetable cultivation in about 8 acres of land in the past. However, problems such as low market price for vegetables and manpower shortage, made him to look for alternatives like farm forestry. By advice of Andhra Paper Limited extension representatives, he has turned to Clonal Casuarina cultivation. Read Full Story
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• Name: Sathiraju, Village: Chollangi, Mandal: Thallarevu, District: East Godavari,

  Posted On: Mar 19 2018

  Sathiraju is practicing agro-forestry plantation model with Casuarina clones and ground nut plants in 2 acres of sandy soil. He purchased Casuarina clones from Andhra Paper Limited. After 1 week of planting groundnutin November of 2017, he planted Casuarina clones under the technical guidance of the company's extension representatives. Read Full Story
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• Name: Govireddy Govindu, Village: Kondalagraharam, Mandal: Makavaripalem, District: Vizag,

  Posted On: Jan 20 2017

  Govindu was into agriculture and Casuarina seedling farming in the past. After a visit from the Andhra Paper Limited's executives, he came to know about Casuarina clones and was encouraged into planting clones instead of seedlings. Initially, he was distrustful of the performance of the clones, yield and the revenue that can be obtained from them. Read Full Story
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• Name: Suresh, Village: Z Kothapatnam, Mandal: Ravikamatham, District: Vizag,

  Posted On: Jan 20 2017

  Suresh was earlier practicing Casuarina seedling farming which gave not more than 25 MT per acre and was not so profitable. He came to know about Casuarina clones from Andhra Paper Limited's forestry executives. After a field visit to the clonal plantation site of another farmer, Suresh saw by himself the quality growth and performance of clones sold by the company and planted by that farmer. Read Full Story
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• Name: Ponduru Venkareddy, Village: Alakurapadu, Mandal: Tanguturu, District: Prakasham,

  Posted On: Nov 29 2016

  Mr. Venkareddy is in the Casuarina farming for last 15 years. Out of that, for last 6-7 years he is doing clones as he says this is his 3rd crop. The last two times he achieved 80 MT that brought him an income of even Rs.5 lac per acre. However, his area lacks rain and he also lacks water facility. Read Full Story
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• Name: Subramaniam, Village: Kallepalli, Mandal: Srikakulam, District: Srikakulam,

  Posted On: Oct 06 2016

  Mr Subramaniam owns 10 acres of land cultivating sugar cane and rice in 6 acres. He has sown casuarina seedlings in 1 acre but didn't feel satisfied with the growth of the plants. Subramaniam came to know about Andhra Paper Limited's Casuarina clones from farmers of nearby village of Kanurollupeta and then consulted the company in Rajahmundry. Read Full Story
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• Name: Govindrao, Village: Reddipatugramam, Mandal: Srikakulam, District: Srikakulam,

  Posted On: Oct 06 2016

  Mr Govindrao planted Andhra Paper Limited's casuarina clones in the month of July of 2015 and feels satisfied with the growth of this 1 year 2 months plantation. He has used fertilizers two times in this time period and intercropped with chilli, onion, tomato and cauliflower, earning Rs 50,000 to 60,000 during the last year. Read Full Story
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• Name: Dr Mohan, Village: Duggada, Mandal: , District: ,

  Posted On: Oct 06 2016

  Mr Mohan is a proud and happy owner of 11 ft Casuarina clonal plantation aging 11 months. He has maintained a 4*4 feet spacing and practiced intercropping with onion which he had harvested this January. He has also ploughed the field and applied 4 bags of fertilizer every 3 to 4 months in his 2 acre plantation. Read Full Story
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• Name: Narayanaswamy, Village: Ravavaripudu, Mandal: Kothapilli, District: ,

  Posted On: Oct 06 2016

  Mr Narayanaswamy was initially very hesitant to plant Casuarina clones in his field but following an encouraging farmer extension meeting organized by Andhra Paper Limited, he planted Casuarina clones in 2 acres of his land in February, 2015. He has then ploughed the field once in May and then, applied DAP. Read Full Story
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• Name: Mohammad Amanullah, Village: Kilijiepeta, Mandal: Pusapatirega, District: Vizianagaram,

  Posted On: July 29 2016

  For the past 20 years, this farmer has practiced casuarina seedling cultivation on 60 acres of land obtaining an average yield of 30 to 35 MT per acre every 5 years. But, last year in 2015, IP-Andhra Paper Limited approached him after seeing his farm, and recommended Casuarina clones that can yield of 60-70 MT per acre. Mr. Mohammad then planted the clones with the planting guidance from IP-Andhra Paper Limited farm forestry representatives. Read Full Story
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• Name: Maddi Gopalakrishna, Village: Nemaligudem, Mandal: Buttayyagudem,

  Posted On: July 29 2016

  This farmer was approached by IP-Andhra Paper Limited in 2014 for cultivation of casuarina clone. The clonal plantation initially started off in 2 acres of land. Mr. Gopalakrishna later on became a pioneer in the area for clonal based casuarina plantation and testifies that the growth obtained was very good that he planted casuarina clones in another 20 acres of land last year and decided to add 20 acres more to the next year with expectation of good yield as per present growth performance of IP-Andhra Paper Limited's clones. Read Full Story
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• Name: B. Ramu, Village: Chityapalem, Mandal: Butchayyapeta,

  Posted On: July 29 2016

  This farmer was engaged for the past 15 years in Casuarina plantations purchasing casuarina seedlings from local sources but these seedling based plantations reported severe mortality in summers which made him to incur additional investments leading to losses. Prior to 5 years, Mr. Ramu came to know from his friends about IP-Andhra Paper Limited's clones and attended farmer awareness meetings conducted by the company at Rajahmundry. Read Full Story
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• Dr. Gopal Krishna, Thatakulapalem vill, Thondangi mandal, East Godavari dist,

  Posted On: June 30 2016

  Dr. Gopalkrishna's field was visited when the plants were 5 month old. He is a renowned Nature Care doctor at Kakinada. He has 12 acre land at Thatikulapalem village where he has Cashew garden. When he was wondering what he might do in the vacant land... Read Full Story
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• Mr. S Apparao, Kothapalli vill, Gokavaram mandal, East Godavari dist,

  Posted On: June 30 2016

  Mr. Apparao was earlier cultivating sweet potato, cotton, sweet corn etc that was giving him income of 10-15 thousand rupees per annum per acre... Read Full Story
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• Mr. Pela Maheswar Rao, Paravadapalem village, Kasimkota Mandal, Visakhapatnam dist.

  Posted On: June 30 2016

  Mr. Maheswar Rao has 6 acres of land where he earlier planted Casuarina seedling but did not get satisfactory income. Through a friend, he came to know about Casuarina clone... Read Full Story
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• Mr. N Satyanarayana, Nayakampalli village, Gandepalli mandal, East Godavari district

  Posted On: April 22 2016

  Mr. Satyanarayana has 8 acres land in Nayakampalli village. He earlier planted cashew and mango from which he did not get returns. He was then told about Casuarina clone. After planting the same, 8 months have completed and he is quite happy with the growth... Read Full Story
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• Mr. P Sarveswararao, Butchempeta village, Korukonda mandal, East Godavari district

  Posted On: April 22 2016

  Mr. Sarveswar rao has a poultry farm. During July 2015 he planted Casuarina Clone from Andhra Paper Limited. As a good practice, he used the poultry farm waste as manure that he applied 4 trips per acre after ploughing before planting. He followed the distance as advised by Andhra Paper Limited. Monthly once or twice, he applies water now after 10 months... Read Full Story
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• Mr. Mandava Bhimeswararao, Challavarigudem village, Jangareddygudem mandal, West Godavari district

  Posted On: April 22 2016

  Mr. Bhimeswararao, an agriculturist and an experimentalist by nature has 8 acre land where he planted Guava species in the beginning and then he used Coconut plants as intercropping. Still he found lot of space in the field that could be utilized. He got an idea from Andhra Paper Limited to plant Casuarina between the rows of coconut and guava... Read Full Story
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• Mr. Muppidi Subbareddy, Gopalpuram village & mandal, West Godavari District

  Posted On: March 28 2016

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• Mr. VVD Suresh, Munagapaka village, Munagapaka mandal, Visakhapatnam District

  Posted On: March 15 2016

  Mr. Suresh was a sugarcane farmer earlier. At one point of time, he thought of switching over to another crop for a better return. He was introduced to Casuarina clone and was also shown a few plantations of casuarinas clone by Andhra Paper Limited personnel... Read Full Story
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• Mr. Gali Ramana babu, Z,kothapatnam village, Ravikantham mandal, Visakhapatnam District

  Posted On: March 15 2016

  Mr. Gali Ramanababu is the Ex-Sarpanch of Z.Kothapatnam village. He has lot of interest in business. After trying paddy and sugarcane when he realized the increasing labour rate, he tried for Casuarina. Initially he planted Casuarina seedling... Read Full Story
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• Mr. B Satyanarayana, Vadaparthi village, Golugonda mandal, Visakhapatnam District

  Posted On: March 15 2016

  Mr. Satyanarayana is a progressive farmer. When Andhra Paper Limited personnel introduced Casuarina clones to him, he wanted to test it in a smaller area. Later, seeing the encouraging growth pattern he went for a total of 26 acres. He also established solar panel for... Read Full Story
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• Mr. Kedarisetty Pothuraju, Dharmavaram Village, Ravikautham Mandal, Visakhapatnam District

  Posted On: February 08 2016

  Mr. Suresh was a sugarcane farmer earlier. At one point of time, he thought of switching over to another crop for a better return. He was introduced to Casuarina clone and was also shown a few plantations of casuarinas clone by Andhra Paper Limited personnel. Impressed, brought casuarinas clones from Andhra Paper Limited... Read Full Story
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• Mr. Karatam Reddynaidu (Reddybabu), Buttaigudem village & mandal, West Godavari District

  Posted On: February 08 2016

  Mr. Reddynaidu has planted Andhra Paper Limited's casuarina clones recently in 2015 in his 15 Ac land. He is hopeful of getting not less than Rs. 3 lakhs per acre after 3.5 years. He is one of those many tobacco farmers who have introduced casuarina into their land along with tobacco. Read Full Story
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• Mr. Muppidi Subbareddy, Gopalpuram village & mandal, West Godavari District

  Posted On: February 08 2016

  Mr.Subbareddy is an established tobacco farmer. During 2014, first time, Andhra Paper Limited officials introduced him the casuarina clones in Rajanagaram of East Godavari. He became very satisfied by seeing the crop. Later, when he became aware of reduction in quota of tobacco area, he went ahead with Casuarina clone of Andhra Paper Limited in 12 acres... Read Full Story
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• Mr. Kurre Nagabhushanam, Kathipudi village, Shankavaram mandal, East Godavari District

  Posted On: February 08 2016

  Mr. Nagabhushanam is a casuarina farmer for many years. Till 2012, he used to plant only casuarina seedling as clone concept was not introduced till then. He would get up to 30 MT per acre from that. When Andhra Paper Limited introduced him the clones, he did not show much interest, but thought of having a trial in 2 ac. Seeing the good growth, he went for another 4 acres... Read Full Story
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• Mr. SP.Naidu, Kusarlapudi Village, Rolugunta Mandal, Visakhapatnam District

  Posted On: October 09 2015

  Mr. S P Naidu has total 20 Acres of land in Kusarlapudi village. He has been in casuarina planting for last 15 years. However, gradually he shifted from Casuarina seeldling to Casuarina clones of Andhra Paper Limited after realizing much better benefit from the clonal plantation. As per his experience, he has a confidence of getting 50 - 60 MT per Ac from his current clonal plantation... Read Full Story
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• Mr. Lakshman Rao, Rajupeta village, Kotauratla Mandal, Visakhapatnam district

  Posted On: September 08 2015

  Mr. Lakshman Rao has 18 Acres of land at the above mentioned village. He has been a casuarina grower for almost 6 years now as he already had experience of first harvest that he did almost 2.5 years back from today. He got 60-70 MT per acre that amounted to Rs. 4 Lakh per acre. He did it in 5 acre land first time and received 300 MT that fetched him Rs. 22 lakh as almost 90% went to Poles... Read Full Story
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