Agriculture

Farm-to-consumer Bengaluru startup Deep Rooted has raised $12.5 million in a Series-A funding round led by IvyCap Ventures. With this, they plan to expand their network across South India.

Akash Chaurasia from Madhya Pradesh has won over 20 national awards for pioneering the concept of multilayer farming. Here’s how it has helped him and other farmers earn better.

Sakshi Bhatia and Arpit Maheshwari, both IIT graduates, set up a natural farm called Jeevantika in Madhya Pradesh where one can experience farm life while eating farm-fresh food all day.

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.