Agriculture

The Groasis Waterboxx and Growboxx, innovated by Dutch businessman Pieter Hoff, are an attempt to help plants thrive in the most arid and extreme conditions by using up to 90% less water.

Watch this video to see how Vaibhav Tidke, a farmer’s son, developed solar dryers to increase the shelf life of farm produce and minimise wastage.

Agrivoltaics refers to the practice of generating solar power on farmland while optimising farm output. Here's how farmers in Kenya are benefitting.

Abhinav Singh quit his high paying corporate job in England to start gerbera farming on his ancestral land at Chilbila village in Uttar Pradesh

Rajesh Singh, an electronics engineer, was not ready to accept the idea that farming is a backward occupation. For him, doing something different was not by getting a job in the city but by changing the outlook towards agriculture.

Known as the Tuber Man of Kerala, Shaji NM from Wayanad grows over 200+ varieties of tubers and has distributed seeds to over 12000 farmers across the state.

In Kerala, the Chavara Darsan CMI Public School is moving towards carbon neutrality with its ecofriendly initiative, growing a lush bamboo garden, organic vegetables, aquaculture farm, a herbal garden, and more on its campus.

Suseela Santhosh, director of Vishwa Vidyapeeth school in Bengaluru, is the brains behind the school's organic farm that feeds its 1,400 students and staff for free.

Agritourism is a concept made popular in India by Pandurang Taware. The farmers associated with his venture say it has given a boost to their regular income.

M K Nishanth, a farmer from Wayanad, Kerala, was fascinated with growing different crops. Today, his backyard and ancestral farmland are filled with a plethora of plantain varieties.