Agriculture

Pawiter and Harjap came up with a one-stop solution for farmers and called it Farmer Friend.

Under the guidance of a former CIMAP director, locals in Itaunja village are experimenting with farming methods and crops that are not typical to the region.

Many small and marginal farmers in Lohardaga and Gumla are using tiny pumps to irrigate vegetable fields, an entrepreneurial model that has the potential to increase incomes for smallholders, since groundwater is abundant in the state. Bikalp Chamola takes a closer look.

KAU becomes the first agricultural university in the country to release such a guide, which will benefit farmers across the state.

Prateek had a vision to do his bit to solve the country’s waste management concerns and help farmers too.

The consistently high returns from growing pomegranates in Maharashtra, the epicentre of the fruit’s production in India, have seen many farmers adopt it over water-guzzling crops such as sugarcane and cotton. Hiren Kumar Bose takes a closer look.

The people in a small village in Rajasthan were suffering from an acute water crisis. The ground water table had depleted, youngsters were migrating and harvest yields were very low. This is when Sehgal Foundation intervened.

With SanLak Agro-Industries, Vikram working with farmers to get them on board for organic farming and millets.

Jai Prakash Singh is going back to using traditional agricultural practices to ensure better and higher yields.

In order to help the farmers with better drying methods, Nafeesa Usman also devised a solar dryer prototype of her own design.