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‘Journey From Being Born in Cow Shed to Winning National Acclaim’: Farmer’s...
Prateek Sharma’s life thus far is perhaps what dreams are made of. In a Madhya Pradesh village named Dhaba Khurd, Prateek was born in a cowshed. His hometown, located in the Narmadapuram district, has...
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Kerala Farmer Grows Rare ‘Fruit of Heaven’, Earns Lakhs From Seeds Alone
A melon-sized fruit in bright reddish-orange colour with a spiny exterior caught Jojo Punnackal’s attention in 2018 while he was conducting an event for a social welfare organisation in Vaikom,...
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How To Grow 5 Everyday Herbs In Your Kitchen Without Any Soil
Want to use freshly picked ingredients from your kitchen garden to cook delicious meals? Even if you don’t have enough space, you can grow everyday herbs like lemongrass, rosemary, and mint right...
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I Started A Flourishing Mushroom Biz at Home With Rs 1000, Now Earn Rs 3...
As a housewife and mother of three, Rekha Kumari from Hathua in Bihar had her hands full for years until her children grew up and left home for further education. Not one to sit idle, she decided to...
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Class 10 Dropout’s Online Community Helps Over 7 Lakh Farmers Switch to...
Savita Dakle (38) from Phulambari district in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad begins her day at the break of dawn. She describes herself as an ‘accidental farmer’. Having spent her growing up years in...
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Techie Starts Organic Farming Despite Family Opposition, Now Earns Rs 1...
Working for a tech giant in a metro city is a dream come true for many, but it wasn’t for Roja Reddy, who grew up in Donnehalli, a rural village in Karnataka. With an undying love for agriculture,...
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‘Village Mad Man’ Helps Farmers Protect Their Fields With Low-Cost Bio-Fencing
Imagine a fence around a farm which grows every day and protects the farmland from stray cattle and wild animals. It makes the crop resilient from pest attacks, helps maintain soil structure and...
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This Ancient Agricultural Method Helps Farmers Fight Climate Change &...
“The climate catastrophe timer is going to go off, and we don’t have much time,” reads the 2021 IPCC report. With a growing global population and changing dietary habits pushing up food consumption,...
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MBA Grad Quits Job To Grow Residue-Free Thai Guavas, Earns Over Rs 1 Crore
Nainital-born Rajeev Bhaskar never thought the experience he gained working at a seeds company in Raipur would one day help him become a successful farmer and entrepreneur. As part of the sales and...
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Engineering Prof Grows All Veggies for his Kitchen in Recycled Refrigerators...
Neyveli-resident and engineering professor Thayumanavan Kunapalan’s Facebook cover photo is a painting of a farmer ploughing the land with two bullocks. His social media bio reads, “passionate urban...
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IIM Grad’s Hydroponics Startup Helps 5000 Farmers Earn More; Wins Rs 65 Lakh...
“On my Panvel farm, I tried growing cherry tomatoes using hydroponics but faced difficulties from day one,” says Siva Ramakrishnan, a farmer from Mumbai. He adds that the production was never up to...
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Kerala Farmer Grows Apple, Almond Trees in ‘Miracle Air Pots’ in Half The...
You might think that the best way to grow trees is directly on the ground, but Kattappana-native Bijumon Antony disagrees. “Even growing trees on land can lead to tangling of roots and thereby slow...
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An Uprooted Tree Helped Kerala Farmer Earn Up to Rs 4 Lakh From Fish & Veggie...
Back in 2012, when Palakkad-native Vijayakumar Narayanan returned from Muscat after toiling in various jobs for 20 years, he was unsure of what to do next. He could always farm at his ancestral house...
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LLb Grad Grows & Supplies Organic Veggies to Kerala’s Supermarts, Earns Rs 40...
While studying in college, Alappuzha native Nishad VR put together a mushroom farm in his house and the produce was sold at his college store. Nishad and his siblings used to make decent pocket money...
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Okra, Chinese Potato & Moringa: How I Grow 50 Varieties of Veggies Around My...
Lack of space is often a limitation for people, especially those living in cities, to set up a kitchen garden on their own. But for Mini Sreekumar from Thrikkakara, Kerala, lack of space has never...
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Homemaker Upcycles Junk Bikes, Bulbs, Basins to Create Fairytale Garden in UP
Till 2013, Ghaziabad resident Ruchi Goel had never tried her hands at growing even a single plant, even though her mother nurtured a charming garden in their home when she was growing up. “Even my...
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In 2009, while working as a full-time journalist, Ramveer Singh heard about his friend’s father, who was diagnosed with cancer. One possible reason, he heard, was the intake of chemical-laden...
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Ponds, Tropical Plants in Heart of Kerala: Businessman Turns Quarry into...
Businessman Musthafa Parammel Ambadi grew up in a traditional Kerala house surrounded by trees, streams and a pond. Over the years, his native place in a village in Malappuram saw many changes — new...
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Strawberries in Water Bottles, Palak in PVC Pipes: 70-YO Grows all Veggies on...
For 70-year-old Lizy John from Bengaluru, Karnataka, nurturing a lush vegetable and fruit garden on her terrace has been highly rewarding and satisfying. Without a second thought, she credits her...
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Strawberry to Papaya: How to Grow These 4 Winter Fruits in Your Home Garden
There is a misconception that we can grow winter fruits only on farms and in cold places. But, Deepti Patel from Surat is here to clarify that they can be easily cultivated in pots on your own...
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