Agriculture

Keerthi Priya and her mother, Odapalli Vijaya Laxmi, started Nurture Fields to curb the problem of food wastage in India. Here’s how they are empowering women in Telangana with their initiative.

A couple from Mangaluru quit their IT jobs to build an app-based automation system that can water plants remotely

Kerala businessman Musthafa Parammel Ambadi has transformed a former laterite mining land into Green Ara, a dense bamboo and Miyawaki forest with tropical plants, fruit trees, ponds, and more.

Ghaziabad homemaker Ruchi Goel has employed her artistic prowess to nurture a beautiful home garden with over 1,000 ornamental plants and flowers, and upcycles regular household junk to create a lush paradise.

Nishad VR from Kerala quit his job to start farming in 2016. Six years later he owns a brand called Marari Fresh that supplies fresh vegetables to top supermarkets in the state.

Vijayakumar Narayanan, a passionate farmer and agriculture consultant in Kerala, has been successful in implementing the aquaponics method of farming wherein fish and vegetables are grown together using fewer resources.

Kerala farmer Bijumon Antony runs Miracle Farms, where he grows a variety of fruit trees using the air pot gardening method, which is known to yield faster, better harvest.

The brainchild of IIM graduate Gaurav Narang, CityGreens is a startup helping farmers adopt hydroponics technology and increase their yield up to 12 times more.

Thayumanavan Kunabalan from Tamil Nadu is setting an example for urban gardeners by growing almost all varieties of vegetables in 200 grow bags and 25 old refrigerators.

Uttarakhand MBA graduate Rajeev Bhaskar quit his job to pursue full-time farming, employing a lucrative method named residue-free farming to grow Thai guavas.