Farming

Dr Navdeep Singh Khurana, a dentist in Amritsar started gardening 8 years back. Today, he grows 500 plants at his house and 300 at his clinic.

After completing engineering, Amanpreet Singh turned to pursue his passion. Watch how he turned his 50-acre dairy farm into a sustainable facility, where he uses farm waste to generate electricity and save on power bills.

P Bindu from Theni, Tamil Nadu, started farming after her two daughters joined school. Through her innovative farming methods and enterprising nature, she today sells value-added products like sun-dried vegetables and podis (powders).

Chattisgarh's tribal communities, with limited job and economic opportunities, saw a significant chance when an organisation offered to train tribal women in starting a mushroom cultivation business. Jayashiree Elango explores further.

Starting poultry farming at the age of 16, today, Ravindra Metkar (55) owns 1.8 lakh hens on his farm spread across 50 acres in Amravati, Maharashtra, earning Rs 60,000 per day. The poultry farmer was invited to share his success story with 189 IAS trainees.

Pune resident Sharmila Jain Oswal established her NGO Green Energy Foundation to help farmers, revive water sources, and implement smart farming methods including growing water-efficient crops like millet. She also co-founded ‘Gud Mom’ with her son Shubham, which sells millet-based products. Here's her look at her journey as an entrepreneur.

Jaisimha Rao innovated AI-powered spot spray robots which selectively provide cover only to the plants, thereby protecting the soil from excessive chemical damage. So far, more than 500 farmers in Maharashtra and Karnataka have adopted the technology.

From broccoli, carrots to tomatoes and melons, Ludhiana's Ravneet Kaur grows 200 plants in her 2,000 sq ft terrace garden.

After the college where she taught was reduced to ruins, Professor Nidhi Katare decided to venture into entrepreneurship. She set up a lab to produce mushroom spawns and expanded her business that now earns her Rs 1.5 lakh per month.

Kanika Talukdar's life was shattered when she lost her husband to malaria. To overcome financial hardships and look after her four-month-old daughter, she started selling vermicompost. She shares how she started with just Rs 500.