Agriculture

PV Satheesh, the founder of Deccan Development Society, played a pivotal role in improving the livelihoods of thousands of women largely from the Dalit community across 75 villages in Telangana through the the magic of millets. He passed away recently on 19 March.

When Ladakh resident Thinles Singhey discovered the nutritional and medicinal benefits of the sea buckthorn berry, he started ‘Jimpo’ to make and sell products made from the ‘magical plant’.

Engineer Shailesh Modak quit his job to begin growing saffron in shipping containers using hydroponics. Watch this video to see how it earns him lakhs.

Jhunbala Malick, a tribal woman from rural Odisha, shares how she started her life afresh as a farmer after coming out of an abusive marriage. Here’s her story of finding her tribe in a women self help group, and finding strength in farming,

Mocked for his decision to leave traditional farming and take up medicinal farming instead, Rajasthan-based Rakesh Chowdhary today runs Vinayak Herbal, an organic business that helps him earn crores every year.

Nashik resident Shailesh Modak quit his engineering job to take up hydroponics and grows saffron in shipping containers, earning lakhs.

Uttarakhand’s Nidhi Pant, along with her six college friends, launched an agri-tech startup to help women from low-income, climate-threatened communities sell produce dismissed as spoilt by converting farm losses to value-added products.

Karnataka farmer Karibasappa MG innovated a solar trap to keep insects away from him crops. He shares how this won him Infosys Foundation’s Aarohan Social Innovation Award and how life has changed since.

With the idea of helping small farmers who do not have large landholdings and enough resources to sell their fresh produce in mandis, IIT Delhi graduate Varun Khurana started a Delhi-NCR-region-based agritech startup called Otipy.

Former IAS officer of Ambala, Vikram Yadav, used unique methods to reduce stubble-burning incidents by approaching farmers with attractive waste management alternatives. After an 80% reduction in farm fires in 2021, a further dip was witnessed this year. Know more.