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TBI Blogs: The Little Grain That Could – a Journey of Promoting Sustainable...

Lakshmee Sharma takes us on a journey of promoting sustainable agriculture in Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh through the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India. I completed a...

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As an Engineer He Earned Rs 24 Lakh. As a Farmer He Earns Rs 2 Crore!

Vasant Rao Kale from Medhpar village of Bilaspur district, Chattisgarh, was a government employee all his life. When he retired from his job, he wanted to pursue his long-loved passion, which was...

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This Low-Cost, Lightweight Pump-On-Wheels is a Huge Boon for Farmers

Watching the fellow farmers struggle while carrying heavy pumps for irrigation, Ganesh designed a hybrid cycle that solves the issue at affordable rate. Pump on Wheels can carry heavy weights, costs...

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This Auto Driver Became an Amla Farmer to Support His Family. He Now Earns in...

Amar Singh’s story will rebuild your faith in the cliché that ‘all’s well that ends well’. He lost his father at an early age and became an auto-rickshaw driver to take care of his family. But his life...

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TBI Blogs: An Initiative Is Helping Thousands of Farmers Across Gujarat...

Inspired by examples of farmers earning ample returns through various techniques of chemical-free farming, a farmers’ produce company in Rajkot is writing a new chapter on sustainable agriculture in...

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Kerala Is All Set to Recreate Its Traditional Magic Potion That Mixes Organic...

Through a heart-warming idea called Organic Theatre, Kerala is bringing back a tradition where its farming and folk theatre flourished alongside each other. There was a time in Kerala, like in many...

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TBI Blogs: How a Revolutionary Programme Transformed a West Bengal Village...

A Food and Agriculture Integrated Development Action programme implemented independently through a health, education, and employment centre has transformed Nandangram village in West Bengal by growing...

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One Sapling at a Time, This Man From Rajasthan Is Painting the Desert State...

With concepts such as Familial Forestry and Budding, Shyam Sundar Jyani has not just brought back the biodiversity of the region but also uplifted the economic status of the people.

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TBI Blogs: How the Nutritious and Tasty Safflower Can Also Help Farmers Earn...

Native-to-India Safflower has immense health benefits, as well as great remuneration potential. Nandini Nimbkar and Anil Rajvanshi take a closer look at the opportunities offered by cultivating this...

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Wayanad Pepper Farmers Hope for a Boost, with a Little Help from Vietnam

The pepper heartland of Wayanad in Kerala is expecting a surge in its pepper productivity through a special model.

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How a Wayanad Farmer Turned His Fortune Around With Cow Dung, Jaggery &...

The last crop harvested by Joseph at the beginning of the month resulted in over 6,000 heads of cabbage, pristine and unscathed by toxic elements.

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The Story of Norman Borlaug, the American Scientist Who Helped Engineer...

The varieties of dwarf wheat developed by Borlaug are credited for saving millions of Indians from starvation.

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TBI Blogs: Small Water Pumps Are Scripting Success Stories for Marginal...

A survey conducted in South Kamrup in Assam shows that use of small water pumps for irrigation in an area where groundwater is abundant has resulted in significant increases in earnings for smallholder...

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Why an IIM Graduate Left a Well-Paying Job to Start a Dairy Farm With Her Dad

This father-daughter duo left their well-paying jobs and became farmers. Today, they earn as much as they did in their corporate jobs.

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TBI Blogs: How Growing Trees and Crops Together Is Helping Tamil Nadu’s...

Farmers in the southern reaches of Pudukottai district in Tamil Nadu have turned to agroforestry to protect and boost incomes, because falling groundwater levels and overuse of chemical fertilizers and...

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This Duo Left Behind Lucrative Careers to Help You Know Your Farmers & See...

Siddhagiri Satvyk is the brain child of CA and CFA Akshay Agarwal and Gajendra Choudhary, an MBA graduate who ran a 3-generation-old textile business.

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How a CA and Lecturer Duo Are Now Transforming This Karnataka Village by...

What started as a family's aspiration towards a rustic homestead has gradually evolved into a community farming initiative in a village near Bengaluru.

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Middlemen out, Earnings In: Farmer Markets in Maharashtra Now Make ₹5 Crore...

In 2016, the state government of Maharashtra amended the APMC Act 1963 allowing farmers to sell their produce directly to consumers. A recently submitted report to NITI Aayog suggests the move has paid...

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These IIT Kharagpur Alumni Show How You Can Grow Organic Veggies on Your Rooftop

Founded by IIT Kharagpur graduates, Kaustubh Khare and Saahil Parekh, Khetify is a startup promoting food sustainability to city dwellers.

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Sikkim Farmers Are Earning 8 Times More by Growing These Exotic Foods. Thanks...

Shoten Group is an enterprise that helps farmers grow two distinct crops—yacons (ground apple) and shiitake mushrooms.

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