Agriculture

“You are what you eat,” they say. And that’s what Ajay Naik, a Goa-based hydroponic farmer, believes in. After quitting his job and giving up his company, this software engineer decided to help farmers across India learn about hydroponics and the use of technology in agriculture.

Plagued by multiple problems, India’s agriculture and animal husbandry industries were unable to catch up to global standards of production and quality for a very long time. This is the story of the man who has made it his life’s mission to rectify those problems.

The availability of mobile phones in almost all parts of India and the penetration of communication services in different sectors like education, governance, agriculture, etc., play a huge role in the overall development of mobile technology. This one device has the potential to change several lives just with a few taps.

In Aurad taluk of Bidar district in Karnataka, thousands of women are being encouraged to strive for their rights related to land, livelihood and reproductive health. This is how!

Syed Ghani Khan has dedicated his life to discovering and growing indigenous varieties of paddy. He has also managed to dissuade many rural youngsters from migrating to the cities and encouraged them to take up agriculture as an honourable profession.

The consumption of hardy millets has dropped exponentially since urbanisation made Indians switch to wheat and rice. But millets could be the answer to fighting climate change and poverty, while being packed with nutrients.

The Karnataka state government will soon launch an agri mobile app to help farmers rent farm machinery and equipment like tillers, harvesters, weeders, tractors, etc. for a few hours or a day, as required.

Hydroponics can play a vital role in changing the way we think about plant growth and may well be the future of gardening and farming.

5,000 and more farm ponds have been built, to catch rain where it falls has stood in good stead when half of India is reeling under drought.

After witnessing the harmful effects of chemical farming, Subash Palekar, a B.Sc in Agriculture, developed the Zero Budget Natural Farming model.