farming innovations

Kerala’s Coonfresh earns Rs 50 lakh/year and has trained 10,000 farmers — all started by a homemaker and her husband with just 2 mushroom packets.

Explore five groundbreaking agri-tech innovations that are cutting input costs, optimising resource use, and boosting productivity — empowering farmers to build resilient, sustainable futures in the face of climate challenges.

Explore how Parmeshwar Thorat improved avocado farming in drought-prone Beed, Maharashtra, earning Rs 10 lakh per acre. Learn his step-by-step process, from choosing the right variety to implementing water-saving techniques and organic practices for successful, sustainable farming.

At a time when dragon fruit was not popular in Maharashtra, Mahesh Asabe set up a profitable business with dragon fruit cultivation. Today, he leads the way by earning Rs 10 lakh per acre income.

Hailing from Punjab’s Nanowal village, Gurwinder Singh Sohi replaced his family’s wheat farming with floriculture. Today, he cultivates over 40 varieties of exotic flowers on a 22-acre farmland, doubling the family income.

To address the problem of soil testing before every round of sowing, IIT Bombay researcher and scientist Dr Rajul Patkar has recently developed Nutrisens, a portable device that claims to test soil health in a matter of minutes.

Pradeep Kumar from Petwar village in Haryana invented 'Solar-on-Wheels', a trolley for moving solar panels anywhere, to benefit farmers.

The simple machine, designed by Marripelli Abhishek does the work of three labourers and can help 4000 paddy purchasing centres across Telangana!

Crop productivity in Narayan Lal Gurjar’s village was dropping by 30 per cent. So he used his school lessons to provide an eco-friendly, cost-effective solution to the farmers!

Apart from reaping benefits from the doubled yield on their 40-hectare farm, the couple is now sharing its own experience and learning with over 100 other farmers from villages in the vicinity to help them increase their productivity.