{"id":4009,"date":"2018-07-30T12:57:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T12:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/?p=4009"},"modified":"2019-06-21T09:27:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T09:27:16","slug":"mukesh-devi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/mukesh-devi\/","title":{"rendered":"Mukesh Devi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/mukesh-devi\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Mukesh Devi&url=https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/mukesh-devi\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/mukesh-devi\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digg.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/mukesh-devi\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Digg\" class=\"s3-digg hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/mukesh-devi\/&title=Mukesh Devi\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Reddit\" class=\"s3-reddit hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/mukesh-devi\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/mukesh-devi\/&title=Mukesh Devi\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to StumbleUpon\" class=\"s3-stumbleupon hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apnikheti.com%2Fprogressivefarmers%2Fmukesh-devi%2F&name=Mukesh+Devi\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Tumblr\" class=\"s3-tumblr hint--top\"><\/a><div class=\"pinit-btn-div\"><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\"  data-pin-color=\"red\" title=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"s3-pinterest hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=Mukesh%20Devi&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/mukesh-devi\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #de0b8a;\">Abuzz of sweet success: Meet leading lady in beekeeping world with an annual income of 70 lakhs from honey business<\/span><\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is believed that future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Milakpur is a small village in the interior of Jhajjar district of Haryana, which is not even properly linked to the main road and has no direct bus service. It almost seems impossible for a person to think of starting any allied farming activity or business while living in such a place. But the successful endeavour of Mukesh Devi in beekeeping field has proved that anything is possible if you have the passion to do it. Even after suffering from painful toxic stings of bees, Mukesh Devi and her husband had never thought of stopping and they continued their passion of producing the best honey in Northern India.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the year of 1999, Mukesh Devi\u2019s husband \u2013 Jagpal Phogat started beekeeping after getting inspired by one of her relatives who was also doing beekeeping. With the help of training provided by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mukesh Devi also joined his husband\u2019s venture in 2001. The work which they began so early with few beehives, started growing gradually with the time and now it has been expanded in other areas of states as well- Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Rajasthan, and Delhi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seeing the health benefits and rising market demand for honey, now Mukesh Devi has started selling the honey under her own brand \u2013 Nature Fresh. Currently, she has 2000 honey bee boxes for honey collection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mukesh Devi has not only made her family status financially stable but she has also provided employment to more than 30 people. By sending honey bee boxes to 5 different states with the help of their employed workforce, Mukesh Devi and her husband collects around 600 to 700 quintals of honey annually, and by honey, it doesn\u2019t just means the ordinary honey with same flavour and taste, they have honey in more than 7 different flavours which are collected from the plants of Tulsi, Ajwain, Coriander, Shisham, Eucalyptus, Lychee, Neem, Mustard, and Pigeon Pea. Tulsi honey is one of the best honey they have with great market value.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When it comes to honey collection then the couple pay special attention to the time and weather of different states and according to that they set up their beehives at different locations. For organic honey, boxes are sent to the jungles in different states, below are given some time spans of honey collection from different places:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 For Tulsi Honey \u2013 Boxes are sent to the jungles of Madhya Pradesh (October to November)<br \/>\n\u2022 For Ajwain Honey \u2013 Boxes are sent to the jungles of Rajasthan (December to January)<br \/>\n\u2022 For Ajwain \u2013 Boxes are sent to Jammu &amp; Kashmir and Punjab (May to July in Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Punjab)<br \/>\n\u2022 And from Feb to April, boxes are set up at different locations in Haryana<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moreover, the income of this couple is not only limited to honey production and its selling, they also sell Comb Honey, Honey Amla Murraba, Honey Carrot Murraba, Bee Pollen, Bee Wax, Propolis, and Bee Venom, which have a good market price. Presently, Mukesh Devi and her husband are earning around 70 lakhs annually just from beekeeping.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mukesh Devi and Jagpal Phogat efforts have been appreciated by many organizations and officials, some of them are given below:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2022 Received National Award from IARI, New Delhi, in Rashtriya Krishi Unnati Mela for beekeeping and producing different varieties of honey in 2016.<br \/>\n\u2022 Mukesh Devi &amp; Jagpa Phogat honoured by Agri Leadership Award at Surajkund, Faridabad<br \/>\n\u2022 Awarded by Union Minister of Steel &#8211; Birender Singh for good honey production<br \/>\n\u2022 Awarded by Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.<br \/>\n\u2022 Their achievements have been published in IARI progressive farmer magazine namely Adhyeta and Innovative Farmer Magazine with other 39 progressive farmers.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mukesh Devi is a progressive beekeeper and her initiative has set an example for other women entrepreneurs that if the efforts are in the right direction than even beekeeping business can make you a millionaire.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #f0690e;\"><strong>Future Plan:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Mukesh Devi and her husband have bought a piece of land in their village where they are planning to set up the processing unit of their products according to the market demand.<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><br \/>\nMessage<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #27c42f;\">&#8220;Looking at the present status, farmers must pursue allied farming activities with conventional farming for better financial stability.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read Full Story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[442,309,2431,1322,2433,445,2434,441,2432,204,444,2428,2429,2430,2427,51,1732],"class_list":["post-4009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-small-with-image","tag-apiculture","tag-apni-kheti","tag-bee","tag-bee-pollen","tag-bee-venom","tag-bee-wax","tag-beekeeper","tag-beekeeping","tag-comb-honey","tag-haryana","tag-honey","tag-jagpal-phogat","tag-jhajjar","tag-milakpur","tag-mukesh-devi","tag-progressive-farmer","tag-propolis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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