Agriculture

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Thammaiah PP from Mysuru has adopted a self-sustaining model that gives more yield, uses less water and more importantly requires minimal space.

Farmers get fixed salaries every month and 10 per cent of the yield profits, thus making it a win-win model for all!

“I was 16 years old when I was married and moved to Chennai with my husband. From that to more than 500 plants in this house, has been quite a journey."

"Every expert we met discouraged us to take up this mission. No one believed that we could revive such a wasteland through organic methods. But, we made the impossible eventually possible."

“Even in areas where water is scarce, these toilets work well as there's no need of water,” says SCOPE founder Marachi Subburaman.

“It can be used to cut branches, douse fires in very high places by the fire department and even save someone who is drowning – there are multiple uses for it,” says the former professor at Kerala Agricultural University.

Using this, it’s possible to grow a variety of native species in as little a space as 20 square feet. Imagine having your own mini forest!

While both methods use a soil-less base to cultivate organic vegetables & herbs, there are some fundamental differences. This weekend, learn which one you should go for.

"Even our customers could smell the chemicals in our rice and wheat. Why would they buy toxins by choice? Now our crops and vegetables are sold out the fastest at the weekly bazaar,"