Farmers

Sushant Madaan, an organic farming enthusiast from Gurugram has set up a first-of-its-kind aquaponic farm of Northern India.

“Bottoms up!” Literally, as indigenous chefs, farmers and grassroots organisations take to the stage to give voice to the Indian delegation at what has been cited as the food and taste Olympics of the world.

A 73-year-old retired cotton expert and his wife have decided to donate all their wealth for the welfare of the armed forces and 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.