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How Did Pathankot Farmers Record Just 1 Farm Fire? Agri Officer Behind the...
This article has been sponsored by Wingify Earth. This year, the district of Pathankot in Punjab recorded one farm fire. This was even when the state has been widely regarded over the years as among...
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How This IAS Officer’s Initiative Reduced Stubble Burning in Ambala by Over 80%
This article has been sponsored by Wingify Earth. The winter season in Delhi once welcomed as a relief from its burning summers, now only brings in the terror of smog and pollution. The rise in toxins...
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‘Why I Stopped IIT Prep & Started Farming in Gir Forest’: 25-YO’s...
Living on a farm away from the hustle and bustle of the city and growing his own organic food on a farm is 25-year-old Siddharth Kubavat. “The sound of birds chirping is my alarm these days. Life has...
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Goa’s ‘Saladbaba’ Turned His Adoptive Parents’ Organic Farm into a Multicrore...
Ask anyone in Goa about ‘Saladbaba’ and they will direct you to 34-year-old Janardan Khorate, manager of Ambrosia Organic Farm. The farm prides itself not just on being one of India’s first organic...
View ArticleEntrepreneur Turns 500 Tonnes of Waste into ‘Black Gold’, Earns Turnover of...
Sana Khan from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, earns Rs 1 crore by making vermicompost (enriched compost made with the use of earthworms). She says she had always wanted to be a doctor, but failed to clear the...
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IIT Delhi Grad’s Startup Helps 20,000+ Farmers Sell Fresh Produce, Earn 35%...
Varun Khurana, a computer science graduate from IIT-Delhi, is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in the grocery delivery business. From serving as chief technology officer at Grofers (now...
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School Dropout Farmer’s Innovation To Protect His Crops From Insects Wins Rs...
This article has been sponsored by Infosys Foundation. In the tiny village of Jigali in Karnataka’s Davanagere district, a young boy had just finished his Class 10. He was, in fact, the first in his...
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’We Turn ‘Spoilt’ Crop Into Profits’: Startup Helps Women Farmers Become...
While India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world, more than 40 percent of the produce is wasted because of a fragmented and unorganised supply chain. It costs the...
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Pune Software Engineer Uses Hydroponics to Grow Saffron In Shipping Container
History has been witness that India’s spices are worth wars. A special spice that the country has to offer is saffron, or ‘Red Gold’, which originates from the flower of Crocus sativus. While the...
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After Severe Losses, How I Built an Organic Herbal Farming Biz That Earns Rs...
“You’ve lost your mind”, “It would be a failure”, and “You’ll lose all your money” — these were the words thrown at Rakesh Chowdhary (40) when he told his friends and family that he wants to do...
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‘No Longer a Victim’: Farming Helped Me Earn, Rebuild Life After Abusive...
Hailing from Kacheri Gaon, a small hamlet in the Jajpur district of Odisha, Jhunbala Malick was born into a family of labourers. Her mother had to undergo surgery, so Jhunbala had to compromise her...
View ArticleWatch How Pune Engineer Uses Hydroponics to Grow Saffron in Shipping Containers
Software engineer Shailesh Modak from Pune came up with a unique business idea that couples hydroponics and a love for nature. Though well-settled in the corporate world, Shailesh was intent on doing...
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MBA Grad Bottles Ladakh’s ‘Miracle’ Sea Buckthorn in Juices, Jams; Earns Rs...
The year was 2016. Thinles Singhey, a 35-year-old resident of Ladakh, who was pursuing his MBA in Human Resource Management from the Central University of Jammu at the time, was back home for the...
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How to Grow Apples in Hot Climate? Award-Winning Farmers Reap Success With...
“Ever since people have come to know that apples are growing on my farm, I have had a stream of visitors,” says Kakasaheb Sawant of Antral village in Sangli’s (Maharashtra) Jath taluka, proudly...
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Cop Becomes Sandalwood Farmer to Help Village Earn Better, Makes Rs 8 Lakh/Yield
Utkrisht Pandey had a clear life path. After secondary school, he went to the University of Allahabad where he earned a postgraduate degree in Economics. From there he cleared the UPSC Central Armed...
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Award-Winning Farmer Earns Rs 30 Lakh/Year With Unique Method that Saves...
Over the past few years, a new farming model has slowly been spreading to the country’s small towns, giving farmers better yields and a more regular, weekly income. Called multilayer farming, it allows...
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Armed With UK Degree, Bhopal Boy Aims to Power an Avocado Farming Revolution
While pursuing a Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA) from England’s Bath University, an important part of Harshit Godha’s day was eating avocado. As a fitness enthusiast, he made it a point to...
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Kerala Man’s ‘Intelligent’ Gardening Stands Water & Fertilise Your Plants for...
A passion for farming and the wish to pursue something he loved inspired Pathanamthitta resident P A Sanjay Kumar to leave his high-paying job and take up agri-entrepreneurship. In 2014, he started his...
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Woman Grows Black Wheat &‘Sarpagandha’ On Unique Organic Farm, Uplifts...
Reeva and Rajeev Sood were rudely awakened from their routine way of life in Delhi when, in 2012, Rajeev was diagnosed with cancer. This unfortunate news forced the couple to take stock of their eating...
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India’s Top 10 Fruit Picking Destinations For the Perfect Family Vacation
We’ve all heard the stories within our families, of sweltering summers and hours spent outdoors, and how our elders spent much of their childhood lounging around towering fruit trees in the...
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