Dongargaon is a tiny village, which falls in the Indravelli mandal, and has a population of less than 1,000. The primary sustenance of its people is agriculture. And until 2013, Sanjeev’s farming pratices resembled his neighbours – using chemical pesticides and buying standard seeds…
January 2019
Surendranagar, like much of Gujarat’s Saurashtra region, is reeling under drought. Most farmers in this district, which is India’s largest cotton producer, have harvested little crop following last year’s monsoon failure. Hamirsinh Parmar from Gautamgadh village in Surendranagar’s…
A 63-year-old retired banker mortgaged his house to buy a three-acre of land and turned it into a fertile organic farm after a few years of struggle. Now his Arivu Thottam (Knowledge farm) has become a resource repository and farmers and students from various parts of Tamil Nadu…
The Punjab government on Tuesday bagged the ‘Jaivik india Award' for promotion and implementation of organic farming. Punjab Agro managing director Sibin C received the award from union minister for commerce and industries Suresh Prabhu at a function in New Dehli .
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