{
  "type": "article",
  "title": "How Bahraich Farmer Maya Devi Built a Smart Model: Lump-Sum Cash From Wheat, Daily Income From Cowpea",
  "summary": "In Bahraich's Katra Bahadurganj village, farmer Maya Devi pairs wheat and maize with organically grown lobia in a net house to earn money every single day, at almost no cost.",
  "content": "Done thoughtfully and with the right technique, farming can change a farmer's fortunes. A woman farmer in Bahraich district has shown exactly that. To boost her earnings she has adopted a method in which wheat brings in a big lump-sum payment, while a vegetable crop of lobia (cowpea) keeps small amounts of cash flowing in every single day.\n\nWho Is Maya Devi\nA resident of Katra Bahadurganj village in Bahraich district, Maya Devi has been growing wheat and maize for a long time. That work has earned her a distinct reputation in the district, where she is known for cultivating a variety of crops.\n\nA Daily Need Sparked a New Idea\nSpeaking exclusively to TrendKia, Maya Devi explained that wheat farming does bring income, but it arrives as a single lump sum. Running a household, however, requires money every day. To meet that need she has taken up lobia farming inside a net house. Alongside it she also grows okra (bhindi) and a few other crops meant for her family's own kitchen. Once the produce is ready, traders come and collect it every second or third day, so some earning keeps coming in daily.\n\nGood Earnings From Lobia\nThis season Maya Devi has already earned well from lobia. She points out that after the wheat harvest the field lies empty for some days. If a farmer sows lobia immediately once the field is free, the crop starts bearing comfortably within a month. Using this approach, she gets a return from lobia up to three times before paddy is transplanted. In this very gap between the wheat and paddy crops, Maya Devi earns thousands of rupees.\n\nOrganic Method, Almost No Cost\nThe biggest advantage of this farming is that it costs next to nothing, because Maya Devi grows her lobia entirely by organic methods. She keeps two cows, and uses their dung and urine to meet the field's manure and water needs.\n\nWhat this means for you\n• Across India: By growing organic lobia in the empty patch between wheat and paddy, farmers can arrange daily cash income at very low cost.\n• In Bahraich: Farmers in areas like Katra Bahadurganj can copy Maya Devi's model and earn from lobia up to three times in a single season.\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\n1. Who is Maya Devi and where is she from?\nMaya Devi is a woman farmer from Katra Bahadurganj village in Bahraich district who has long grown wheat and maize.\n\n2. How does she earn money every day?\nShe grows lobia in a net house, and traders come to collect it every second or third day, so some income keeps coming in daily.\n\n3. How many times does lobia give a return in one season?\nBetween the wheat harvest and the paddy transplanting, she gets a return from lobia up to three times.\n\n4. Why is this farming so low-cost?\nBecause she farms organically and meets the manure and water needs entirely from the dung and urine of her two cows.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/business/baharaicha-ki-maya-devi-ka-smarta-kheti-modala-gehun-se-ekamushta-kamai-lobiya-s-1198",
  "category": "Business",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-16",
  "tags": [
    "Maya Devi",
    "Bahraich farmer",
    "lobia farming",
    "organic farming",
    "wheat cultivation",
    "net house",
    "Katra Bahadurganj",
    "farmer income"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}