Agriculture

Dr Nedunchezhiyan Maniyam, principal scientist at the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) - Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI), Bhubaneshwar, has developed two new varieties of sweet potato - Krishna (purple) and Sona (orange).

Gunbir Singh from Punjab runs Dilbir Foundation, which works with farmers across the state to promote organic cultivation

Seema Ratheesh, a mathematics teacher from Kasargod district in Kerala, used her extra time during the COVID-19 lockdown to organically cultivate the Sugar Queen variety of watermelons.

Eeki Foods, a Kota-based startup founded by two IIT-Bombay graduates, Amit Kumar and Abhay Singh, grows high-quality, residue-free Indian staple vegetables using hydroponics.

Farmer Nekram Sharma from Himachal Pradesh has switched from chemical-based farming to a 9-crop intercropping method that increases land fertility.

John Sherry, assistant director of the Agriculture Farm Innovation Bureau in Kerala shares a step by step of how he grew tomato, cowpea, bhindi, bitter gourd, snake gourd, chillies, brinjal and more in his home in an environmentally sustainable way.

Rajesh Shah loves Alphonso mangoes, and it is this love that stopped him from felling old trees planted by his grandfather. Instead, he used the 'girdling' technique that is quite popular with mango farmers in Gujarat.

From 2,000 oysters, the Pathak family's Udes Pearl Farms now has over 31,000 oysters, with farms across eight districts in Uttar Pradesh.

Babita Bhatt, a former software professional, quit her job to move to Dehradun and start Himalaya2Home, a direct partnership channel that works with organic farmers in the area to help them sell their produce.

Ganesh Fartade, a student of journalism and farmer from Beed, Maharashtra, runs 'Royal Shetkari', a YouTube channel that aims to equip the farming community with knowledge and inspiration on how to handle various issues