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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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Engineer Quits Job, Helps 6000 Farmers From Tribal Communities Double Their...
Like many, Chhattisgarh’s Deenanath Rajput comes from a family that believed that pursuing engineering or medicine would be their son’s sole ticket to a comfortable life. So after he completed Class...
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Couple Quit 10 Years in Banking to Help Farmers Reach 2000 Families Without...
‘Our biggest achievements are when customers say they feel healthier, and when our farmers say they can now give a better life to their children, and our eight-year-old daughter said that she wants to...
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IIT Duo Help 30 Lakh Farmers Get Timely Expert Advice on Crop, Increase...
In this year’s Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the Union government will promote kisan drones, chemical-free natural farming, and public-private partnerships for timely...
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Beekeeping In Recycled Crates, Couple Earns Rs 12 Lakh Selling Organic Honey
Gujarat-based couple Tanvi and Himanshu Patel belong to the growing population of people who are willingly quitting their corporate jobs for organic farming. They left their jobs when they realised...
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Despite Acute Water Shortage, Farmers Innovate & Earn Lakhs Growing Roses
To the rest of the world, the rose is a symbol of love, beauty and courage. But to residents of Wadji village, located in Maharashtra’s Solapur district, it’s a representation of their success, despite...
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Farmer Uses RO Plant to Turn Saline Land into Organic Farm, Earns Rs 4 Lakh...
My discussions over a phone call with Rahul Rasal from Nighoj village in Maharashtra about his farming successes made me realise how close a relationship a farmer shares with the soil. He knows the...
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Mirchi Map of India: 5 GI-Tagged Indian Chillies Famous For Their Flavour
Most Asians, especially Indians, have always prided themselves on their exemplary tolerance for spicy food accentuated by the addition of chillies. Known to cradle a bountiful variety of chillies,...
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5 Best Potting Soil Mixes in India & Tips On How to Choose One For Your Plants
Most urban gardeners are faced with similar issues — questions about what to grow, a lack of space or lack of fertile soil. While the solution for the first two problems is situational, there are quick...
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Started From One Packet, Mother-Son Duo’s Mushroom Farming Now Earns Rs...
Ernakulam native Jithu Thomas was only 19 years old when he first sowed some mushroom seeds in a packet. It was his favourite pastime with his mother those days and by the passage of time, his interest...
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Ex-Accountant Uses Hydroponics To Help Thousands of Farmers Increase Profits...
“I am a farmer by birth, and agriculture is part of my life. Even during my academic years, I spent time in the fields helping my father grow traditional vegetables,” says Pravin Patel from Vadodara,...
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For 25 Years, A Lush Organic Farm Run By Delhi Woman Has Helped 1500 Orphans
Every morning at NGO Karm Marg, children wake up looking forward to heading to their classes for the day. As they chatter away and ready themselves, some walk to the private school nearby, and others...
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In Patna’s Concrete Jungle, Engineer’s Lush Farm Has a Pond, Rabbits, Chicken...
Patna native Rajesh Kumar, an electrical engineer by profession, lived in many places across India for both his education as well as work. But no matter where he went, his mind would float back to his...
View ArticleA Farmer’s Son & His Innovation are Helping Extend Shelf Life of Veggies...
From a young age, Vaibhav Tidke saw how farmers struggled due to a lack of storage options and facilities. Being a farmer’s son himself, this hit close to home. He decided to use his engineering...
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