Farmers

Designed and developed by a team of researchers at the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR) led by senior scientist Dr Tsering Stobdan, Ladakhi farmers now have a passive solar greenhouse that allows them to grow vegetables throughout the year.

Tushar Devidayal, CEO & Founder of Mumbai-based DD Solar speaks of their award-winning flagship product, the 100 L Solar DC Refrigerator, which has benefitted over 400 small businesses in rural India.

Reeling under the climate crisis and urban infrastructure issues, five Madurai farmers dealt with tremendous crop loss and water woes by taking matters into their own hands with the help of DHAN Foundation.

Ladakh Basket is an online and offline platform, which sells the region’s indigenous produce to the rest of the world. In doing so, they empower the local farmers to sustain themselves in villages of Leh.

CV Prakash, a pioneer of hydroponic farming in India who taught over 12,000 growers, has found a way to help Indian farmers grow world-class turmeric and make a splash in the international market with his Mission Turmeric 2021.

Fairer Foods, a Chandigarh-based venture started by Cambridge University Law degree holder Meher Kairon, supplies freshly-harvested spices that are free of all additives. They claim their spices contain no food coloring, preservatives, fillers or anticaking agents.

Gramophone, an agri-tech startup co-founded by IIM-A graduates, has catered to over 8.5 lakh farmers, received over 1 million calls on their toll-free number and their multilingual app has been installed 2 lakh times.

Nimble Growth, a Bengaluru-based startup, claims to have cultivated more than 150 tonnes of authentic organic produce a month and is engaged with farmers cultivating organic produce spread across 500 acres at Haveri, Gundlupet, rural Bengaluru and other areas of Karnataka.

The incredible story of how a team of scientists, government officials, village heads, NGOs and apricot farmers came together and eradicated the yellow-tail moth pest completely in barely two years.

Jitendra Aatodiya from Madhya Pradesh started making an organic fertiliser which he sells at as low as Rs 6/kg.