coconut farming

At 23, Kerala’s Ashin P Krishna built Coco-bot, a coconut-harvesting robot making farming safer and creating new income for rural workers.

Trellis systems provide a vertical cane support so that the chosen plants are kept off the ground. This improves exposure to sunlight, air movement, and easier spraying access throughout the canopy. Odisha's Hirod Patel ​​built this unique system over a pond. Today, his farm has become an experiment lab for other farmers and agricultural scientists.

Inspired by a moment in the bathroom and fuelled by a lifelong passion for innovation, Kozhikode’s Ashin P Krishna is transforming coconut farming with his smartest and fastest coconut harvesting robot, Coco-bot.

Engineer Madhu Kargund was inspired by his farming family to quit his job and launch Tengin, a startup that uses zero waste farming to turn coconuts into a host of products, earning profits worth lakhs.

Farmer K T Francis runs a lush organic farm where he grows different varieties of coconut, pepper, arecanut, etc., and earns lakhs from his harvest.

Using their decades of experience, 75-year-old Rohini and her 84-year-old husband have dedicated their retired years to the welfare of Kollam’s farmers. The kind of heroes India truly needs!