Agriculture

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.

Even as Punjab reported 80% of all stubble-burning cases in North India, Pathankot district has zero farm fires this year. Chief Agricultural Officer Dr Amrik Singh, who was one of the two officers behind this feat, explains how.

Cheruvayal Raman was pained to see native rice varieties lose to hybrid seeds. So, he started cultivating native paddy and preserving their seeds. Watch his journey

Dhrubajyoti Sharma, head of the Department of Zoology at Dimoria College, Guwahati expanded his father Gopinath’s garden into one of Northeast India’s biggest nurseries with over 10,000 varieties of plants.

Want to grow garlic at home? Urban gardener Milan Kumar shares tips and a step-by-step process of how you can do this easily.

Kerala resident Ajay Gopinath shares how he grows microgreens in a small room in his house and has made a successful business out of growing the superfood.

Bihar resident Reshma Ranjan decided to quit her government job to launch Prakriti’s Garden, a YouTube channel that shares gardening tips with lakhs of followers.

Scientist Dr Dayaram played an instrumental role in increasing Bihar’s mushroom cultivation, helping train lakhs in the occupation and producing thousands of tonnes over decades.

Hyderabad resident Kadavendi Mahipal Chary has built an affordable farming machine that cuts labour costs and cultivates fields, for which he has won a national-level award.

Jagmohan Singh Nagi from Punjab runs a successful food business called Kulwant Nutrition. He supplies his products to PepsiCo, Kellogg's, Domino's Pizza, and exports to several countries.