agripreneurs

Trupti Dhakate quit her teaching job to grow mushrooms from farm waste. She now earns Rs 4 lakh/month and has trained 200+ farmers in sustainable farming.

Colonel Sujan Mohanty had been in a fix over his future after his retirement in 2012. He wanted to break into a new venture but was baffled with the number of options available. His interest, however, lay in floriculture, which he eventually turned to.

Green World Foundation started by Indra Raj Jat and Seema Saini from Jaipur, Rajasthan, is an agro-tourism venture that hosts its guests in mud houses that were inspired by the traditional villages of Rajasthan.