Farming

Farmer Ashok Gade from Maharashtra's Jalgaon has innovated and patented his banana biscuits, employing 50 other farmers and earning triple the profit.

Darlapudi Ravi was an assistant general manager at a cement industry when he realised how modern dietary practices lead to a variety of diseases. Here's how this realisation motivated him to build a seed bank.

Dr Manoj Kumar’s innovative farming techniques and research are changing makhana cultivation in Bihar for good. By introducing flood-resistant methods, shallow water farming, and high-yielding lotus seed varieties, he’s helping farmers increase their incomes and meet growing global demand for this superfood.

After leaving her successful academic career behind, Trupti Dhakate embraced her passion for sustainable farming. By turning agricultural waste into valuable mushroom crops, she’s helping farmers grow nutritious food while tackling pollution.

Discover the steps to grow black potatoes, a nutrient-rich crop that can earn farmers lakhs in profit, guided by expert tips from Akash Chaurasia.

Santhosh Kumar harnesses the power of microcomputers and open-source software to remotely manage his innovative hydroponic farm. His tech driven approach even bagged him the 2023 State Farm Award for Innovation in Kerala.

After working for 11 years at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Jitender Mann moved back to his ancestral home in Haryana to embrace organic farming. Along with his wife Sarla, he embarked on a journey to promote the goodness of moringa and developed a profitable venture out of it.

Anushka Jaiswal, an economics graduate from Lucknow found her passion in farming. The 28-year-old grows exotic vegetables like red and yellow bell peppers, kale, bokchoy, lettuce and more in her six-acre polyhouse.

Lohith Shetty, a farmer from Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka started growing exotic fruits like rambutan, dragonfruit, mangosteen on his family farm, earning handsome profits. Today, he runs a nursery too and teaches others how to grow these fruits.

When drumstick farming became unprofitable due to low market rates, Dr Kandasami Saravanan turned to harvesting the leaves instead. He launched a successful venture selling value-added products like moringa podi, leaf soup, and powder across the USA, Canada, Europe, and Gulf countries.