Agriculture

Ravi Prakash Maurya, a farmer in Uttar Pradesh is cultivating ‘black crops’ — rice, wheat, tomato, niger seeds, turmeric and potato — all with one thing in common, their colour and presence of antioxidants. Here's why he's promoting black potatoes across India.

Thiruvananthapuram’s Vinod Sahadevan Nair, also known as 'Banana Man', shut down his web designing firm in Kochi to return home and build a unique farm. Today, he grows over 500 varieties of bananas.

Having incurred huge losses because of recurring droughts, 10 farmers from Osmanabad, Maharashtra, switched to oyster pearl farming to reap profits. One of the farmers, Sanjay Pawar shares six tips for beginners.

Watch this video to see how UP resident Sana Khan turned her fascination with earthworms into S J Organics, a vermicomposting venture that sees an annual turnover of Rs 1 crore.

Bayer CropScience Limited is working with small and marginal farmers by helping them become self-reliant, build scale and increase profit by forming Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs).

Born and raised in a farming family, Mahan Chandra Borah started Annapurna Rice Library to protect the vanishing legacy of his forefathers. He not only preserves the seeds but also shares them with other farmers for free.

Colonel Sujan Mohanty had been in a fix over his future after his retirement in 2012. He wanted to break into a new venture but was baffled with the number of options available. His interest, however, lay in floriculture, which he eventually turned to.

Developed by Dr V P Sethi, head of the department of mechanical engineering at Punjab Agricultural University, the Hybrid Hydroponics Technology combines both two types hydroponics systems to significantly reduce water wastage.

Premchand Sharma won the Padma Shri for bringing a pomegranate farming revolution to the mountains of Uttarakhand. This is his incredible story

Maharashtra's Aniket Gharge and Jay Sidhpura started the Indian Farmer Entrepreneurs (IFE) Store, an online marketplace to help farmers directly sell their produce and value-added products to consumers without the interference of middlemen.