Farmers

Pawiter and Harjap came up with a one-stop solution for farmers and called it Farmer Friend.

The consistently high returns from growing pomegranates in Maharashtra, the epicentre of the fruit’s production in India, have seen many farmers adopt it over water-guzzling crops such as sugarcane and cotton. Hiren Kumar Bose takes a closer look.

With SanLak Agro-Industries, Vikram working with farmers to get them on board for organic farming and millets.

Nikhil Sathe, a Junior Technical Expert in beekeeping, talks about his experiences training farmers in beekeeping.

The Better India, along with the Environmentalist Foundation of India, is fighting the severe drought in Tamil Nadu by restoring ponds in Nagapattinam, one of the worst-hit districts in the state.

Indian Superheroes, a Coimbatore-based social enterprise that aids organic farmers in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, is helping people master the art of farming.

In 2016, the state government of Maharashtra amended the APMC Act 1963 allowing farmers to sell their produce directly to consumers.

For three years the couple struggled before realising that they need to learn more.

At Satvyk, 60-65% of the MRP of any product directly goes to the farmers.

This initiative will help both farmers and the general public to be duped by people selling fake varieties.