Agriculture

“I have just passed class 7, but I am on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp.”

Vinay took Ashok to a training session by Padma Awardee Subhash Palekar to understand the importance of organic farming.

We talk with ATGC Biotech CEO Dr Markandeya Gorantla to know how harmful conventional pesticides are and how the startup has been redefining pest management in ways like never before.

Today Subashree Vijay’s terrace garden boasts of a variety of organically grown vegetables, flowers, fruits and above all, over 250 species of medicinal plants

He believes that farming should be treated as a business.

It all began when Abbas Ali took charge of Ambalavayal police station as its new Sub-Inspector (SI) and came across the fallow plot of land.

Ziro valley in Arunachal Pradesh grows kiwis but sees no demand in the market. Takhe Tamo thought of an idea that would change the fate of kiwi farmers.

The mall sells 1,200 products and already has 1,400 customers!

Supplementing soil with dried leaves of nitrogen-rich trees such as shisham, amaltas and neem can increase the content of soil microbial biomass and grain yield of rice.

With the active involvement of about 800 people in different farming activities for the past four years, about 25 unproductive fields in the village are now witnessing different types of greens sprouting from the ground.