Little did the young Rahul know that when he would grow older, his need to reconnect with his roots would see him quit a cushy 18-year-old IT career and go back to the same village and grow organic food in his ancestral …
August 2019
Organic farming is much more fruitful than chemical farming with lots of added advantage to nature and sustainable agriculture. The organic Cotton Project have resulted ‘wow’ in the state of Madhya Pradesh which discourages chemical farming, is expensive and detrimental to land,…
Parvati Devi has been van panchayat sarpanch of Nai village of Nainital district in Uttarakhand for two consecutive terms. She represents a growing community of women farmers who are being recognised as custodians of traditional practices that have been part of the…
Prasannan G., former sub-inspector and recipient of the Chief Minister’s Police Medal, walks among the leafy rows. “I took up vegetable farming in 2014, and since then we have never had to look elsewhere for vegetables for the sadya. At the moment, I have vegetables in 250 grow bags…
Ravdeep Singh was raised on a farm in the village of Farwahi, a stone’s throw from Barnala in Punjab. Although his parents worked in different professions, they were always connected with the soil and practised agriculture on their six-acre family plot in the village.
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The area lacks a perennial source of water to keep crops well-fed, but 29-year-old aeronautical engineer-turned-farmer, Parameswaran is confident his farm will thrive. His crops can withstand severe drought conditions because they are native to this arid region.
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Leaving their plush jobs in Silicon Valley, a couple is now running an organic farm here to fulfil their dream of contributing to environmental…
Farming enthusiasts from different parts of the district took part in a workshop conducted by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development’s Madurai Agri Business Incubation Forum (NABARD-MABIF) here on Sunday to learn about latest trends in organic farming.
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