Agriculture

Celebrated for pioneering shizen nōhō, which translates to natural farming, Fukuokais is considered to be one of the five giant personalities who inspired the organic farming movement.

This innovative use of sexual attraction in the insect world could help scientists encourage organic farming in the state.

This has helped the youth from villages in getting a permanent job, and has stopped them from migrating from their homeland.

Hailing from the village of Prithvipur, Naga Kushwaha is a small-time farmer who took a loan of ₹1, 06,000 in 2013, which he repays in installments timely.

In a month the page had more than 70,000 subscribers, and is an active forum for queries related to agriculture.

His yearly turnover from the tea plantation is around ₹60-₹70 lakh per annum.

Permaculture could be the alternate way of living and growing that can be a possible game changer in our race towards a better future.

An organic food forest of abundance through natural and sustainable ways.

Since then, he, along with his family, has been working for conservation and development of this variety.

Once the infamous political battlefield centered on the construction of a car factory, Singur in West Bengal has become a beacon of hope for local farmers, who sell their produce wholesale at fair prices at a state government promoted marketplace. Dhruba Dasgupta takes a closer look.