Farmers

The film was also the world’s first crowd-funded movie, with the largest count of individual investors.

Costing a maximum of Rs 25,000, the inventors guarantee that the method is a long-time investment, as its life expectancy is 20-25 years!

Treepedia's primary objective is to help farmers with the best-suited plantation techniques and post-plantation care. The app also wants them to know about the plant species that are native to particular areas of Tamil Nadu and guide them into planting more of these, thus decreasing the number of exotic species grown in the state.

While 2018 is on the brink of wishing us goodbye, the year has shed light on many such stories and innovative ideas. Here’s a quick look at ten such sustainable farming techniques.

“The most basic fact which causes crop stubble burning, especially paddy straw, is the unavailability of its market. Unlike other agro-residues like wheat straw and bagasse, paddy straw is not used as an industrial raw material or even cattle feed.”

With cremations being an inherent part of many cultures, a team from IIT Delhi has now developed an eco-friendly technique that offers a solution to counter air and water pollution.

The latest entry of institutions adopting healthier food habits with the inclusion of millets in their menu is the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) in Dharwad, Karnataka.

Aarnav is only 17, but his work in the last three years has been instrumental in saving hundreds of farmers from losing hope in the Vidarbha belt after they suffered crop failures.

From riding the tractor and scooter to effortlessly coordinating with their 30 farm hands, she does it all single-handedly!

“We realised that although the government has so many welfare programs to offer, the end users are not aware of a majority of them… In rural parts access to internet and connectivity is a huge problem. Moreover, not everybody is tech-savvy to log on to the website.”