Agriculture

As part of a natural farming initiative, the agricultural scientists are breeding 'friendly insects' in their labs to help control the growth of harmful insects and protect crops.

Nearly 70 employees own their own vegetable gardens, with over 400 more waiting for their turn in the Urban Green initiative.

Meet Shrikrishna Hegde Ullane, the 27-year-old whose love for farming and life in the village led him to start an online marketplace called ConnectFarmer for small-scale farmers.

A third-generation farmer from the village in Naxal-affected Gadchiroli district, Sanjay Gandate took a unique path to supplement his erratic earnings from the rice fields – pearl cultivation.

Before sustainable became the new black, No Nasties was one of the first prominent labels to introduce consumers to organic, fair-trade clothing to support Indian cotton farmers.

Jalgaon in Maharashtra is often in the news for droughts and farmer suicides. But amidst this bleak picture, two farmers from here were invited to share their success stories at a seminar organized by Harvard University -- and this was made possible because of a third farmer from the same district.

Executed in collaboration with BBMP and Karnataka Compost Development Corporation, the compost will be distributed to farmers in three districts for subsidized prices.

From being an engineer to co-founding a company with her mom – this is Likitha Bhanu’s journey of turning a hobby into business.

Amongst us are some inspiring people who never waited for the problems to become too big and unsolvable to come up with solutions.

A journalist, a writer, a well-known name on the internet! So what made this man leave the spotlight and become a farmer in a remote village? This story is about Girindranath Jha from Chanka village in Bihar’s Purnea district.