Sidhu Orchards: Engineering the Way to Success via Diversified Fruit Farming

I am Gurupdesh Singh Sidhu and I am from Fazilka region of Punjab. I completed B.Tech in 2007 in the field of Information Technology. Including me, we are four members in my family, my mother, my wife and my daughter. I own 80 acres of land in which I have an orchard of Kinnow (Citrus) and Guava. There are some Jamun (Indian Blackberry) Trees also on the boundaries of the farms. In total, I have 45 acres of Citrus (Kinnow) orchards and three and a half acres of Guava. In the remaining land I grow sugarcane. In 2008, my father started with fish farming as well but due to his untimely death, I could not take his venture forward.
I use modern techniques for agriculture such as drip irrigation in orchards and I also have implements such as Fogger Machine, Automatic Sprayer, Tractor, Trollies, Rotavator and Cultivator. We use fogger and sprayer for spraying. I also have solar panel enabled systems which I use for running motors for agricultural purposes. In our village, we have been provided new agricultural implements by the government under the Mission Kinnow Estate (Bhagbani) scheme. Government has also announced to provide us with cold stores in our village. A Food Park is also situated nearby for processing of milk products. Such parks although not directly related to my work, still provide useful guidance.
I sell the produce via lease. When my father was alive, we used to send our products to Bengaluru and Kolkata for selling but now I do it through lease. Kinnow farming is very profitable, if done properly with earnings up to 1 to 1.20 lacs per year. I use non organic pesticides for orchards, but I do follow the norms of dosage as per regulations chart. I employ 8-9 workers for working on the farm.