Agriculture

A group of farmers have converted a shunned wetland to practice fish farming, agro-forestry and horticulture, providing employment and livelihood opportunities to impoverished villagers. Mohd Imran Khan takes a closer look.

In Goa, organic farming has caught people’s attention, who want to experience the satisfaction of growing their own food organically.

Padgilwar Corporation successfully innovated a small-scale rice mill that can be transported easily from village to village, and run on basic electricity.

Poi is located in the Sahyadri mountain range, situated a few kilometres away from a perennial but small river Barvi. A river the locals used to change their fate.

Polio-stricken as a child, ace apiculturist Sangeeta Deol didn’t poverty or disability stop her from spearheading a farming revolution in Punjab.

Any farmer who wishes to be a member of the cooperative is given free training and saplings of the herbs.

An agricultural equipment rental company is working towards organising the sector and making it profitable for everyone involved.

Mohan said that a male labourer is paid Rs 400-450 daily in the district. Small and marginal farmers cannot afford this, and neither can they afford to have bullocks and maintain them.

Recognising the significance of traditional crop varieties that can withstand climate-related vagaries and offer nutritional security, tribal farmers have started to conserve and propagate local cultivars. Hiren Kumar Bose takes a closer look.

Hemal Patel started ‘Urban Soil,’ an initiative which is striving to increase the number of space-efficient farms within cities.