Tharakan’s primary interest is to revive paddy cultivation on his farm. “The government is providing capital relief and seeds for paddy cultivation under the scheme that is funded by the National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NABARD). This is a great initiative taken by the…
July 2019
This couple in Gujarat, who left their plush jobs in Silicon Valley, a couple is now running an organic farm here to fulfill their dream of contributing to environmental conservation.
The total area under organic farming in the country has gone up by 20 per cent to 27.7 lakh hectares (lh) till date from 23.02 lh brought under chemicals-free cultivation last year, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.
Telangana's Enabavi village can show the way to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. You have to look keenly to figure out that the stone board leading into Enabavi village once proudly declared 'chemical-free village'. That was 13 years ago, when all 52 families in the village…
The article originally indicated that Harish Mysore worked on 14,000 acres of land. This was a misprint and has been corrected. I apologise to our readers for the error.
Pratap Reddy, 27, a young farmer and BTech graduate, started with an investment of Rs 5,000, which he’s now turned into roughly Rs 1.6 lakh. After graduating in 2014, he took up a job as an executive in a private company. But he ultimately left that job and returned to his home in…
The government is planning to make the certification and labeling process of organic agricultural products simpler and cost effective to narrow the price difference between conventional and hybrid products.
Venkat Iyer was leading a comfortable life in Mumbai. He was at the peak of his career in his role as Project Manager at International Business Machines (IBM) when he resigned from his position.