Agriculture

Bhibhu Sahu from Odisha is a rice mill owner, who began selling rice husk produced as a by-product of his mills to steel companies across the globe. In 2019, he sold about 100 tonnes of husk pellets to these companies

MBA graduate Chintan Shah has been practising organic farming in Deva Pura village in Gujarat. Through his venture, Radhey Krishna Farms, he grew 1 tonne of turmeric in 2019 and sold it across four cities — Surat, Vadodara, Anand and Mumbai

The brain behind viral YouTube channel 'Lazy Gardener', IIT-D alumnus Vinayak Garg shares simple tricks and tips to grow tulsi, garlic, methi , dhania and curry leaves at home

From composting millions of tonnes of garbage to creating livelihoods for farmers via organic farming and recycling plastic waste into useful, everyday essentials, here our are remarkable businesses of this year.

Rohit began farming in 2018 in Jalandhar, and grows a variety of fruits and vegetables by primarily using water containing fish waste as manure.

The family behind Herb Heaven, the Mirs of Kashmir have a decades-long legacy of growing organic saffron and taking it across the world.

An urban gardener and entrepreneur, former ISRO scientist Poornima Savargaonkar grows 70 varieties of food at her Gurugram home by making her own soil from stubble.

Yussouf Khan, a horticulturist from Himachal Pradesh practices protected cultivation at his farm. He has six greenhouses that provide ideal growth conditions for the plants.

Multiple fragrances, colours, and of course the quality of food prepared from the fresh produce of their own garden has had a direct impact on the health of the Reddy couple.

A corporate trainer and adventure sports teacher, Jestin took up dragonfruit cultivation to get a new high - earning him several lakh