evidence: Since the start of cultivation in November/December'1997 and till the time of visit (February, 2000), the company has estimated the gross cropped area by the company at 565 acres (the crop period is for 2 years 3 months since the start of the demonstration). The average cropping intensity was about 1.5 per annum. It is possible that this crop intensity will be raised in a phased manner. After full development, the crop intensity could be between 2 and 3. The crops grown were mostly vegetables like Gherkin, Onion, Tomato, Potato, Water Melon, Sweet Melons, Capsicum, Chillies, Beans, Peas, Carrot, Okra and field crops like Groundnut, Baby Corn, Popping Corn, Grain Corn, Sunflower and Gram (dal) were grown. The major crop was gherkins (more than 200 acres as per the The Hindu advertisement with a net income of Rs. 12,000 - 15,000 per acre). The local food crops have almost been eliminated. The main guiding principle in deciding the crop was maximisation of crop income. The requirements of the members of the Mutually Aided Cooperative Society, which is supposed to be the contracting body were not at all taken into consideration. [...] There is enough scientific evidence to show that this type of intensive cultivation is not sustainable from the point of productivity. [...] The Team observed that cultivation and planting were not even on grade except where multidirectional slope existed. No waterways were observed by the Team for safe disposal of excess run off, in case of run off causing rains.