Agriculture

Food scientist-turned-farmer, Chandrasekhar Bhadsavle, fondly addressed by farmers as ‘Dada’, introduced the Saguna Rice Technique (SRT) among a handful of farmers in Neral (Karjat) in 2013. Today, it is practised by progressive farmers in all the 16 agro-climatic zones of Maharashtra.

Si-Mar Vertical Farms started by Sindu Pandalai and Amarjeet Pardhi in Gurugram is a hydroponics farm that was born because of the need to eat good salads.

From serving in the Odisha administration for 12 years, working in a corporate for two years to now doing pearl farming, Dr Nina Singh shows it is never too late to follow your passion.

Chandrakant Hyaliz, a farmer Nashik, Maharashtra, tried to experiment with growing apples, and his first yield proved successful. Here's how he did it

Pune-based Sandeepa Kanitkar, founder of Kan Biosys, has created 16 products that have helped farmers improve soil fertility and control pests for over three decades

K S Joseph, a retired banker from Kerala, has revived a barren 4-acre land with dragon fruit cultivation. Today, he's earning Rs 10 lakh in one season with this exotic fruit.

Darsha Sai Leela, an urban gardener from Hyderabad, grows over 190 varieties of vegetables and 60 medicinal plants on her terrace. These varieties come from all over the world, including USA, Turkey, Italy China, Ethiopia and more

Love sweet potatoes? Swati Dwivedi, a gardening expert from Bengaluru, shares how you can grown them at home. You don't need seeds, you can use the sweet potatoes bought from market!

Ramila and Devilal Vyas have been working for a decade to help farmers in Dungarpur, Rajasthan, grow organic turmeric and provide a market for their produce.

The Geographical Identity (GI) tagging efforts by the government of Maharashtra and Indian mango farmers' collective will tag over 400 million mangoes of more than 1,000 farmers in the Konkan belt by 2022.