Farmers

After waiting for 25 years for the government to build a dam in their village, a group of farmers in UP have finally started building the dam themselves.

Reema Sathe founded Happy Roots, a food company that manufactures healthy, and preservative-free snack food using local ingredients, with raw material sourced from small and tribal farmers.

Anil Joshi helped farmers by building 11 check dams across rivers and nullahs within a 10 km radius of Fatehgarh in Madhya Pradesh.

In 2015, Ashok Deshmane founded Snehwan – a home and school for children of marginalised and drought-affected farmers.

On Friday, the postal department in Pune region launched an initiative called Kisan Vigyan Doot in an attempt to help farmers test the fertility of soil.

Mission Kakatiya, launched in 2015, aims at restoring 9,306 tanks per year, to reach the target of 46,531 tanks in five years.

This Rakshabandhan get to know what goes into making the thread that binds – the farmers, weavers and spinners behind the scenes.

The Karnataka state government will soon launch an agri mobile app to help farmers rent farm machinery and equipment like tillers, harvesters, weeders, tractors, etc. for a few hours or a day, as required.

Arjit Kumar and Rahul Kumar, two students from Uttar Pradesh, have set an example for many others to follow by fighting several odds along with their families to gain the education they deserve and had dreamt of.

While writing about food entrepreneurship and interesting food ventures across India, Sharmila Vaidyanathan found a chance to speak to those people who are reconnecting the urban population with its food source. This is what she found.