Organic Farming

S Sivaganesh, a qualified engineer, went back to his village on the border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, to use different farming methods and earn up to Rs 13 Lakh annually

Raja Chadha, an inspection engineer and home gardener from Gujarat, grows over 200 varieties of aquatic plants such as lilies, water cabbages, lucky bamboos and more on his terrace as a way to beat the harsh summer heat.

Laxmikant Hibare, a resident of Kalaburagi, in Karnataka, only studied till class 10 but that didn't stop him from turning his ancestral land into a green haven.

Ratan Lal Daga from Bhansar Kutari village in Rajasthan adopted organic farming techniques to grow mango, lemon, pomegranate, lentils, wheat, bajra and other crops

Jitendra Aatodiya from Madhya Pradesh started making an organic fertiliser which he sells at as low as Rs 6/kg.

A retired eye surgeon in Kolkata, Dr Kali Prasad Saha is nurturing more than 250 plants in his terrace garden. These include grapes, guavas and sweet limes too.

Kangla-Nyishar, a Leh-based startup established by four Ladakhi women, makes artisanal food like walnut pesto and buckwheat tea with locally sourced organic produce that benefit small growers, producers and the local economy.

Meenakshi Kishore, left her corporate job of 15 years to start regenerative farming at her ancestral farm in Agra.

Magan Kamariya, a farmer from Gujarat’s Morbi village was struggling to sustain his family till jumbo guavas came to his rescue. Weighing about 1.5 Kg each, they helped him earn Rs 20 lakh in a year

Kerala architect, Elizabeth Cherian, filled her 10 cent terrace garden with leafy vegetables, tapioca and pumpkin during the lockdown due to COVID-19