Farming

Hailing from Punjab’s Nanowal village, Gurwinder Singh Sohi replaced his family’s wheat farming with floriculture. Today, he cultivates over 40 varieties of exotic flowers on a 22-acre farmland, doubling the family income.

Engineer Madhu Kargund used his knowledge of farming to help other farmers in his village increase their livelihoods. His startup Tengin turns coconuts into a host of innovative products. Watch more:

Ashwin Sawant runs Scientific Hydroponics, a research lab that has innovated a low-cost model to help farmers harvest more fodder in limited space and using less water.

Nagaland’s Lhüvevolü A Rhakho shares how she learned to grow quality chemical-free shiitake mushrooms and set up Native Organics, which sells value-added mushroom products across the country.

Kota engineer Amanpreet Singh runs Gau Organics, a dairy farm that exports products across the world and runs on several sustainable models -- for one, generating most of its own electricity, having provisions for rainwater harvesting, and more.

When Somashekar Pogula's father passed away in 2013, it left a deep impact on him. In a bid to do something that would enable people to eat right and help farmers earn better, he started Adithi Millets in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh.

Amid a lack of proper irrigation techniques, farmers waste gallons of water in paddy fields. Karnataka’s Malesh T launched agri-tech platform CultYvate to help farmers to measure water requirement of crops sitting at home.

Aakriti Srivastava, along with Romal and Suraj Singh, started Bahula Naturals to help Rajasthan’s pastoralists earn an income from their camels. The company has also helped over 45,000 camels thrive by selling camel milk products.

Indore-based Varun Raheja designed foldable, portable, and scalable solar dryers to help small and marginal farmers derive better income from excess produce, which would otherwise be sold at throwaway prices.

Brothers Rishabh and Rohan Suri started Qudrat, a Kerala-based startup that makes biodegradable tableware from agricultural waste. Their aim is to replace paper and plastic products, while also making them animal friendly.