Agriculture

Neelofar Jaan from Pulwama, Kashmir, has been able to attain financial independence thanks to mushrooms. Watch this video to see what methods she employs to reap big profits, and how she is able to finance her education and take care of her family.

Nanda Kishore Reddy, a former techie with an IT company in Hyderabad, left his steady job at the start of COVID-19 pandemic to help his father, a farmer, maximise yields and profits growing spinach and English cucumber.

When the world shut down due to the pandemic, Mangaluru-based Kirana Devadiga was busy nurturing her childhood dream of becoming a farmer.

Dharambir Kamboj was a cycle rickshaw puller working on the streets of Delhi. Today the 58-year-old from Damla village in Yamunanagar district, Haryana, is a farmer, rural innovator and entrepreneur. In 2013, he even received a National Award from the President of India.

In a span of 12 years, these farmer families of Kellarh Valley in Jammu and Kashmir found a new cash crop — marigold that has increased their income manifold.

Gurbir Singh from Amritsar, Punjab, started farming on his 2.5 acres of ancestral land. Two decades later, he grows cauliflower, cabbage, tomato and other vegetables, including hybrid chilies on 25 acres of his nursery.

Chhattisgarh-based Leelaram Sahu has been growing brinjals since 1988. He developed the new and improved 'Niranjan Bhata' variety of brinjal that is now being grown by farmers across India with his help.

Delhi-based entrepreneur Vidyut Mohan is the recent recipient of Prince William's Earthshot prize, also known as the 'Eco Oscars', for his low-cost, portable device that processes stubble waste into fertilisers, activated carbon, and charcoal.

Ashok Jadhav, an organic farmer from Chinchner in Maharashtra, built a ‘jugaad’ device that is now a hit among the farming community.

With a hefty 18.2 million subscribers on YouTube, Indian Farmer, founded by two friends — Akash Jadhav and Santhosh Jadhav, is helping farmers across the country with everyday farm-related issues.