63-YO Earns Rs 1 Lakh/Month With His Banana Empire, Distributes 500 Varieties...
Did you know that there are over 1,000 different varieties of bananas worldwide? While only 10 to 15 types of bananas are grown commercially in India, a farmer in Kerala has cultivated an impressive...
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ISRO Scientist Returns to His Village to Grow Organic Dates, Earns Rs 15...
Born into an agricultural family in rural Karnataka, Divakar Channappa’s father always wanted him to excel in life but away from his farming roots. Hailing from a small village Begur, Divakar...
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‘They Call Me ‘Queen of Millets’: Tribal Woman Preserves 30 Types of Rare...
The recent G20 Summit saw significant participation from global delegates from across 19 countries including Australia, China, Italy, and the European Union. Among the eminent invitees was Odisha’s...
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Boosting Output by 300%, IAS Officer Turns Jharkhand District Into ‘Ragi...
In barely 18 months, Sushant Gaurav, a 2014-batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), transformed the poverty-stricken district of Gumla in Jharkhand into a potential hub of economic...
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Black Potatoes? Meet the Man Taking Black Super Crops to 15 States
Ravi Prakash Maurya, 40, has become a ‘black potato champion’ of sorts. A journalist by profession, Maurya has been growing the vegetable for five years now and promoting it among other farmers spread...
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With 1000+ Plants, This Woman’s Terrace Is an Award-Winning Garden Paradise
With the sky becoming a lot closer in the glittering high-rises of modern cities, we are leaving the land behind. Our destinies are confined within cramped apartments and their four walls, making our...
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Mocked For Growing Strawberries, Tribal Farmer Goes From Earning Rs 4000 to...
Located nearly 90 km from Pune, the tribal hamlet of Kopre in Junnar is struggling with the depletion of its natural water reserves. The residents now rely on water tankers to fulfil their daily water...
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Growing Mangoes & Oranges On Terrace? Vizag Homemaker’s Rooftop Farm Wins Awards
As she stepped onto a large stage amid a round of applause, homemaker Bangaru Jhansi had never imagined standing in front of M Venkaiah Naidu, former vice president of India. But last year on 14...
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Gardening Tips From the Man Who Harvests 100 Kgs of Vegetables in Just 1 Week
Nandlal Master from Nagepur village in Uttar Pradesh moved to Varanasi. He shifted base for professional reasons and built a three-storey house in 2011. But soon he started missing his rural lifestyle....
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Banker Quits Job to Become a Farmer, Now Earns Lakhs & Empowers Thousands
More than seven decades after attaining independence, over half of India’s population remains dependent on agricultural activities. Over the past couple of decades though, rural residents have been...
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Homemaker Converts Family’s 10-Acre Chemical Laden Land Into Organic Farm
Conviction and perseverance are two of P Buvaneshwari’s biggest strengths. It’s why she was able to convince her in-laws to farm organically, a method that was completely in contrast to their usual way...
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Scientist Quits Her PhD To Start Organic ‘Farm-to-Fork’ Brand, Earns In Lakhs
Are you willing to give up stability to pursue a passion that you may have very little knowledge of? When Insha Rasool was faced with this question while doing her PhD, she decided to give herself six...
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Awarded Padma Bhushan, This Scientist’s Wheat Has Saved Millions of Lives...
Dr Sanjaya Rajaram, who passed away on 17 February 2021 at his home in Ciudad Obregón, a city in the Sonora province of Mexico, ranks among the most outstanding agricultural scientists of our time....
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Man Turns Terrace In City Home Into a Lush Vineyard, Harvests 250 Kilos of...
Bhausaheb Kanchan is a Maharashtra-based farmer who owns a 3-acre ancestral plot Uruli Kanchan. Here, he has planted fruit bearing trees such as coconut, jamun, gooseberry, custard apple, tamarind,...
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1st Woman Entrepreneur From Village, 63-YO Earns Rs 50K/Month with Organic...
In the recent annual budget, the Indian government emphasised the use of chemical-free, natural farming methods for farmers and committed policies towards it. But Saroja Patil from Nitturu village of...
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25-YO Earns Rs 20k/Month With Mushroom Farming, Inspires 100s Of Women to Follow
How do you sell mushrooms to a community that believes they are poisonous? At 22, Babita Rawat from Uttarakhand’s Umeral village, was faced with a similar question. For her, the only motive to start...
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Best DIY Mushroom Grow-Kits for Your Garden & 5 Expert Tips to Get you...
Diabetes, heart ailments, boosting foetal health and more — there’s a lot that mushrooms have to offer. Moreover, they come in several varieties, including button, oyster, cep and straw, which can be...
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Meet the ‘Tuber Man’ Helping Save 200+ Varieties, Including Kerala’s...
A plate of seasoned tapioca, green chilli or roasted chutney with steaming hot black tea would bring a sense of nostalgia to most Malayalees. This is perhaps because tubers like tapioca, elephant foot...
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How Hybrid Seeds & Advanced Farming Techniques Helped 50k Farmers Double...
This article has been sponsored by Bayer. Almost 30 years ago when Rajesh Singh, an electronics engineer got a job in Noida, his family and relatives were elated. For the past three generations,...
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Why Boycotting Palm Oil Won’t Help Save the Environment
This article has been sponsored by RSPO. In one form or another, most of us have come across the proverbial saying, ‘You are what you eat’, which aims to emphasise the importance of eating healthy....
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