Agriculture

The method is based on Japanese research farmer Masanobu Fukuoka's book One Straw Revolution.

The indigenous Dongria Kondh community in Odisha is helping to restore the popularity of native varieties of millets that can grow in drought. Manipadma Jena takes a closer look.

Naman Seva Samiti has provided such resources, helping 17,000 people with disability in 1,500 villages across four states become independent. Of the 17,000 people, 5,000 are in the farming sector.

A project commissioned by the Harayana Department of Horticulture is supplying safe, chemical-free fruit and vegetables to residents of Delhi and Gurugram and encouraging a new generation of urban farmers in India.

Ravi has grafted the tree 1,350 times to get these 51 varieties of mangoes.

She created a self-sustaining model in her own farm, where all basic requirements of life were met by products from the farm.

To encourage people to grow their own veggies, Arya distributed 1,000 organically grown tomato plants free of cost to morning walkers in Cubbon Park.

Dr. Rao started Hariyalee seeds, a “family-run farm, which curates species of endangered and heirloom seeds from all over the world” and sells them.

Madhavan left his job at ONGC to become a full-time farmer in 1993.

The Government has earmarked a sum of Rs 20,339 crore for this purpose and the rest of the 5% will be paid to the banks by the government.