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MP Woman Turns Organic Farmer, Helps Village Go Chemical-Free & Now Earns Lakhs!
Lalita was born in the small village of Sirsala in the Manawar tehsil of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. And even though her parents, late Shankarlal Patidar and mother Shakuntalabai Patidar were farmers by...
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Here’s How One Man’s Unique Innovation is Transforming 40,000 Barren Acres
This article is brought to you by Franklin Templeton Investments True guidance is like a small torch in a dark forest—it doesn’t illuminate everything at once, but gives you enough light to safely...
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Brilliant! Desi Jugaad Helps 21-YO MP Farmer Earn a Profit of Rs 96 Lakh
For a farmer, even a slight variation in the climate can spell boon or doom, especially when it when it comes to weather-sensitive crops like onions and potatoes. But Rohit Patel, a 21-year-old onion...
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Inspiring! 21-YO ‘Shahenshah’ From Kerala Breathes Life Into Barren Paddy Field!
How often do you come across a 21-year-old, who nurses a deep passion for farming and finds the time to grow crops, while also regularly attending college? This seems like a highly unlikely situation,...
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Low on Calories & 300 Times Sweeter Than Sugar, ‘Monk Fruit’ Grown in...
With over 31,000,000 Indians suffering from diabetes, the lifestyle disease is at an all-time high in India. There is a real need for a healthier alternative to sugar and other assorted sweeteners....
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As an engineer, he earned ₹6.5 Lakh. As a farmer, ₹20 Lakh!
“You just need the courage to come out of the loop,” begins 28-year-old Anup Patil, a software engineer-turned-farmer. Two years ago, Anup was working as an IT engineer and earning a handsome salary....
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Maha Farmers Pays off Rs 10 Lakh Loan, Helps Create Rs 400 Cr Turnover!...
He was born to a marginal farmer in Pune’s Mulshi taluka. Right after he completed Class 10, Dnyaneshwar Bodke started working on the family farm. Following traditional farming, the family of eight...
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Tribute: ‘Nel’ Jayaraman, The Crusader Who Revived 170+ Native Paddy Varieties!
In the early hours of Thursday, India lost KR Jayaraman, one of the country’s foremost traditional seed conservationists, to cancer. Jayaraman’s lifelong crusade to protect native paddy varieties is so...
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Unemployed Pune Man Turns To Farming, Earns Rs 13 Lakh Growing Capsicum!
The village of Kadbanwadi in Pune’s Indapur taluka is known for two reasons. First, for being an Adarsh Gaon (model village) and second, for the man behind making it drought-proof–Bhajandas Pawar. Once...
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Growing 50+ Veggies & Fruits at Home, Chennai Woman Makes Her Own Organic Soaps!
Welcome to My Garden Series by The Better India, where we feature stories about gardening and homebound farming initiatives submitted by our readers. If you have any stories to share as well, write to...
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Traditional ‘Wonder Grass’ Helps TN Farmer Earn Rs 1.5 Lakh Profit per Acre...
C Pandian, a farmer from the Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu, walks through his 10-acre land, all covered in grass. This 5-feet-tall Vetiver grass that spans all over his farm will fetch him profits...
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Indian Scientists Reveal How Cells of ‘Wonder Leaf’ Neem Produce Useful...
Neem is known for its medicinal and insecticidal properties for centuries. It is chemicals referred to as limonoids that give neem these properties. Indian scientists have now figured out the process...
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At 19, He Moved From UK to Puducherry. Today, His Organic Farm Is Smashing...
Krishna Mckenzie was only 19, fresh out of the J Krishnamurti School in the UK, when he came to India and settled in Auroville. For the uninitiated, Auroville is an experimental township in Puducherry,...
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Kerala Engineer Duo Set Up Smart Gardens That Let You Grow Veggies Inside...
Growing your veggies and consuming them fresh from a farm; no chemical-doused produce, authentic taste and only the best quality. Sounds like an amazing concept, doesn’t it? If you’re an aspiring urban...
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Farmers to Entrepreneurs: How Cherai Became India’s First Aquaponics Village...
Cherai is a small coastal village near Kochi in Kerala, and its scenic beach and stunning backwaters are much sought after by people who seek a tranquil travel experience. However, Cherai also happens...
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From Food to Fodder, Here’s How This Magic Plant Can Take Care of Our Needs
The government of India (GOI) is accelerating its programme on the use of ethanol as a substitute for petrol. This push is coming because of two reasons—one that our oil bill is continuously increasing...
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Pune Doc Retires and Sells Affordable Organic Veggies, Wants Us All to Be...
“Pure organic food should not be a luxury, only for the elite,” begins 68-year-old Dr Dwarkanath Kharde, who left his medical practice to go back to the roots, quite literally. A crusader of a healthy...
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#TBIYearEnders: 10 Farmers Whose Amazing Ideas Are Changing the Face of...
Farming is often correlated with like barren land, unpaid loans, water scarcity, unfair prices, crop losses and farmer suicides. And while some of these are harsh realities that we cannot turn a blind...
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Time to Skip Loan Waivers? 3 States That Offer Farmers a Unique Way Forward
Since April 2017, eight state governments have promised to waive farm loans of over a combined Rs 1,90,000 crore. This is a staggering figure, and in many ways goes on to show the depth of the agrarian...
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Boosting Productivity & Saving Dying Plants: IFoS Officer Builds App to Aid...
For most of us who have lived in the greener parts of India, identifying a few trees and plants might be easy, and yet, when we start to think about it, we hardly know anything about them. The problem...
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