Agriculture

An annual winter event, the Sattvik Food Festival in Ahmedabad is an introduction to slow food and forgotten grains.

His initiative is called Aqua Connect, and aims at helping aquafarmers get access to the best practices, so that they can earn a livelihood.

Nepal’s traditional bio-pesticide and fertilizer Jhol Mol is suited for many smallholder Indian farmers as well, as it can be easily made in a farm without resorting to artificial chemicals that are harmful for soil health.

Live a sustainable life, and get into terrace farming.

Apart from reaping benefits from the doubled yield on their 40-hectare farm, the couple is now sharing its own experience and learning with over 100 other farmers from villages in the vicinity to help them increase their productivity.

From an impoverished village woman to mushroom farmer and successful entrepreneur, Anita Devi has inspired hundreds of women in Nalanda to adopt the profitable venture of mushroom cultivation. Mohd Imran Khan takes a closer look.

What started as a recreational snack slowly gained popularity and today, farms all over the state celebrate this crop!

Homegrown strawberries are organic, taste far better than store-bought ones and can save some you serious money.

Apart from the usual suspects such as palak, methi and chaulai, few people know about the rich culinary repertoire of local and seasonal edible greens that grow across India.

This initiative has enabled farmers from over 40,000 villages to make better choices and offered insights on better farm practices.