Rohan Prakash is a civil engineer, whose passion for agriculture is entirely homegrown, as both his father and grandfather, who were also civil engineers by profession, have been passionately invested in farming and agriculture.
Exotic fruit trees like katemfe, rollinia deliciosa, arazaboi, mangosteen, snake fruit, milk fruit, pulasan, durian, chamaliang, burmese grapes, ilang ilang and many rare varieties of mangoes, custard apple, pineapples, and bananas are part of this farm.
The area around the Anantagiri Hills has been witnessing a silent revolution in the recent past. A revolution that is bent on fighting the ill-effects of the long-practised chemical farming.
Coming from a Naxal infested area in Maharashtra, Prajakta was well aware of the infamy that her hometown had earned. But that is not all there is to Gadchiroli.
In a unique initiative pioneered by two grassroots organisations in Hyderabad, where about 100 consumers signed up with small-scale women farmers from the nearby district to produce organic products.