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5 Farmers Who Prove Smart Agriculture Can Make You Rich
Drought! Loans! Untimely rains! Low market prices! It often seems like farmers have endless suffering in their lives. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons why none of us wants our kids to become a farmer....
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Your Startup Has Technological Solutions for Our Farmers? Apply for This Contest
Experts contend that Indian farmers have to deal with a range of structural concerns. For the agriculture sector, which employs nearly half the population, the worries range from shrinking...
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This Himachal Community Not Only Tackled Crop Failure, but Raised a Bumper Crop!
Climate change is affecting farmers across the globe and leading to massive crop failures. However, here’s an example of how a community in rural Himachal Pradesh has not just tackled climate change...
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Droughts May Be a Thing of the past for 1.65 Lakh Farmer Families in Andhra...
States across the country have seen drought wreak havoc amongst the farmer populace. The Andhra Pradesh Drought Mitigation Project aims to put an end to their misery. Five districts, namely Chittoor,...
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This Unique Nursery in Maharashtra Is Home to 24 Varieties of ‘Green Gold’!
Dendrocalamus giganteus, also known as dragon bamboo, is a giant tropical and subtropical, dense-clumping species native to Southeast Asia. It is one of the largest bamboo species in the world and...
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Centre Has a Rs 100 Crore Project to Tackle Crop Burning, but We Need More...
The problem of air pollution in Delhi and the surrounding national capital region (NCR) is well documented. Among the many factors responsible for the terrible quality of air, is crop burning in the...
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Using No Pesticides, This Lady Grows Over 34 Veggies & Fruits on Her Rooftop!
Even though fertilisers and pesticides have become prerequisites to grow crops, too much of anything is a vice, and the consumption of pesticide-laden fruits and vegetables on a daily basis has been...
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This Green Gold Has Been Generating Lakhs Per Year for Konkan Farmers
Nestled among fields of mango, cashew, coconut and areca palms, and surrounded by houses roofed with Mangalore tiles, bamboo vies for attention in Pinguli village in Kudal taluk. Grown in homesteads...
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This Engineer Learnt Farming on YouTube and Grew Strawberries in Rajasthan!
Growing up, Deepak Nayak would often visit his family’s ancestral land in Rajasthan which was being managed by farm labourers as no one had no time to work on it. “Those few days spent on our farm were...
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What Connects a Corporate Giant, Farmers and We the Consumer? Meet ITC e-Choupal
India’s agricultural sector is at a crossroads today. The development of India’s agri-sector is critical because it needs to provide food security to the estimated 1.5 billion people who will inhabit...
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15 Shades of Green: Little-Known Leafy Vegetables of India You Need To Try!
“An eminent doctor told me that proper use of green leaves could revolutionize the customary notions of food. That, of course, means elaborate research and examination of the nourishing properties of...
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Follow These Easy Steps And Grow Your Own Organic Strawberries At Home!
Chillies, beans and tomatoes on potted plants? Nothing new about that. A lot of urban gardeners in India grow these kitchen vegetables on their balconies or terraces — but how about strawberries? If...
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Thanks to This Humble Winter Delicacy, Foodies Are Flocking to Maharashtra...
The farming community in Maharashtra excitedly looks forward to the winter season, not only because this is the time when the crops are harvested, but also because this is when they can enjoy a...
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Bihar Women Are Transforming Themselves Through the Magic of Mushrooms
The winter chill in Bihar brings out a smile on Anita Devi’s face. It will help her, along with hundreds of other women in Anantpur and 10 neighbouring villages in Nalanda district, grow more organic...
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How This Farmer Couple Used Israeli Technology to Double Their Produce!
In 2015, when the farmer couple Hirji Bhinradia and his wife Godavari, from the village of Malpara in the Gadhada taluka of Botad, used all their savings to attend Israel’s Agriculture Fair, little did...
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Want to Grow and Eat Your Own Vegetables? Check out This Farming Kit
Imagine a scenario where you don’t have to visit a garden to buy vegetables. What’s better, you can choose to grow what you want to eat, in the comfort of your home. Archana Stalin and her husband...
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Jhol Mol! What Indian Farmers Can Gain From Nepal’s Organic Manure
For centuries, Indian farmers have mixed livestock dung and biomass compost for use as manure. It’s the same with Nepal’s farmers. Both countries have a large proportion of small farmers, for whom...
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This IIT Alumnus Has Changed the Lives of More Than 600 ‘Aquafarmers’. Here’s...
Spending time making attractive handwritten postcards and sending them to friends on special occasions was once a routine activity. Sadly, in today’s electronic age, the bicycle-borne postman...
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This Unique Food Festival Is a Celebration of Ethnic Delicacies and Forgotten...
The Sattvik Traditional Food Festival, a three-day fest, is one of Ahmedabad’s most popular food festivals. Launched in 2004, the yearly festival is held in December and brings forgotten traditional...
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Tribute: Padma-Winning Agriculturist Behind Punjab’s Green Revolution
Dr Gurcharan Kalkat, who was the former Agriculture Commissioner of India, and an eminent agricultural scientist, passed away at the age of 92 on Saturday, after a long, successful life, dedicated to...
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