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Despite Cyclones & Droughts, I Helped my Husband Repay a Rs 23L Debt With...
Deteriorating financial conditions, debilitating drought, and erratic weather conditions had almost forced the Pawar family to sell off their 8-acre grape vineyard in Nashik to survive. The debt-ridden...
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Coimbatore Engineer-Turned Farmer Quit Job to Build Seed Bank & Grow Rare...
Did you know that there are over 150 varieties of pumpkin that exist all over the world? Are you aware that there are more than 60 varieties of eggplant and over 10 varieties of okra? As amazing as...
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Remembering ‘Millet Man’ Whose Revolution Gave Livelihoods to Thousands of...
In a major loss for Indian civil society, Periyapatna Venkatasubbaiah Satheesh, the ‘Millet Man of Telangana’, founder and executive director of the Deccan Development Society (DDS), passed away in...
View ArticleBrother-Sister Duo Are Using Drones to Help Farmers Triple Their Income
Kerala’s Devika and Devan Chandrasekharan are transforming agricultural practices using drones. This innovation helps farmers produce up to 35 percent more yield. With a mission to boost farm yield,...
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Engineer Uses Zero-Waste Farming to Make Products With All Parts of Coconuts,...
A common sight in most South Indian states are coconut trees, which not only make the environment cleaner, but also provide us with fibrous fruit. And in turn, these fruits have a host of benefits —...
View Article‘I Was Offered Rs 5 Lakh for a Tree’: Ex-Marine Engineer Grows 200 Bonsai...
Lenus Xavier (59), a retired marine engineer from Kochi, has been nurturing his passion for gardening since childhood. When Lenus was 15, he discovered bonsais and was immediately fascinated. Later,...
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19-YO’s Tech ‘Mimics Nature’ to Keep Fruits, Veggies Fresh Without Refrigeration
Growing up in Chennai near a small farmland, Mahek Parvez would often witness that while the fields bloomed with produce, a majority of the fruits and vegetables would rot before they could ever make...
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‘Eat What You Grow’: Homemaker Earns Rs 50 Lakh/Year Selling Native Seeds to...
After giving birth to her daughter in 2014, Chandana Gade wanted to raise her by feeding her rice and organic green leafy vegetables. But while living in the city, she doubted the vegetables available...
View ArticleEngineer Turns His Home into a Hub of Over 500 Rare Medicinal Plants
A systems architect by profession, Kerala’s Ezekiel picked up collecting herbs as a hobby nearly 15 years ago. He calls himself a “collector of herbs”. His 4-acre farm in Chottanikkara has both...
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Our ‘Greenhouse-in-a-Box’ Saves 98% Water, Doubles Farmer Incomes
Climate change and its adverse effects haven’t spared anyone, least of all the farmers in rural India, who witness losses every year due to drought, heat, rain and pest attacks. When Sathya Raghu...
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MBA Grad’s Farm-to-Doorstep Startup Delivers Organic Foods Within 15 Hours of...
This article has been sponsored by Organic Tap. Hasan Chaithanya, who grew up in Mahabubnagar, Telangana, always knew he wanted to do something to benefit the environment. His first encounter with...
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Make 5 Types of Compost From Peels, Tea Leaves, Kitchen Waste: Terrace...
The right way of waste disposal is confusing for the rapidly growing urban population. Disposing of daily biodegradable waste is one of the major issues we face. But there are certain ways in which...
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Biology Prof Expanded Father’s Garden into One of Northeast India’s Biggest...
In 1984, a school principal from Dhupguri, Assam started a hobby of setting up a garden. Gopinath Sharma, the gardener, was not just doing this for himself. Rather, whenever people visited him and...
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Loved One’s Death Inspired 3 Engineers to Quit Jobs & Make Organic Eating a Norm
Losing his mother-in-law in 2017 impacted Delhi resident Mritunjay Dixit in more ways than one. He began questioning many life choices, he recalls, and particularly those regarding his nutrition....
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‘I Grew His Food Myself’: Son’s Heart Condition Led Woman to Start Organic...
Like any other young couple, Subhashree Santhya and her husband’s life was filled with joy when she gave birth to her second child, a son, in 2019. But soon, an emergency struck when her little baby...
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With 2.5 Lakh Followers, Bihar Man Uses Instagram to Make Organic Farming...
After completing his MTech in Agricultural Engineering from the India Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), 29-year-old Satyam Jha’s life took an unconventional turn. Instead of taking up a job, he...
View Article23-YO’s Hydroponic Setup to Grow Organic Veggies Earns Him Rs 54000 a Month
Born to a farmer, Sandeep Kannan from Tirupati has always been inclined towards the profession. But after graduation, just like his peers, Sandeep began preparing for competitive examinations. It was...
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Haryana Businessman Grows 4000 Plants on Terrace, Has Over 3 Lakh YouTube...
Even though Karnal in Haryana is known for its farming, the air pollution by stubble burning constantly causes the air quality index (AQI) in this region to be of ‘unhealthy’ status. But it’s not the...
View ArticleKerala’s 72-YO ‘Guardian of Native Paddy’ has Saved 54 Rice Varieties in 20...
Cheruvayal Raman (72), popularly known as the ‘Guardian of Native Paddy’, has managed to save 54 native varieties of rice in 20 years. Born in the Adivasi community of Kurichiyas in Wayanad, Raman...
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Widowed at 20, I Started Organic Farming to Raise My Sons; Today I Help 500...
Konda Usharani, a member of a farming family from Nutakki village of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, stopped her studies after Class 10 due to poverty. Like all other girls in the locality, she was married at...
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