Farming

Hailing from the village of Prithvipur, Naga Kushwaha is a small-time farmer who took a loan of ₹1, 06,000 in 2013, which he repays in installments timely.

In a month the page had more than 70,000 subscribers, and is an active forum for queries related to agriculture.

Permaculture could be the alternate way of living and growing that can be a possible game changer in our race towards a better future.

A project commissioned by the Harayana Department of Horticulture is supplying safe, chemical-free fruit and vegetables to residents of Delhi and Gurugram and encouraging a new generation of urban farmers in India.

She created a self-sustaining model in her own farm, where all basic requirements of life were met by products from the farm.

To encourage people to grow their own veggies, Arya distributed 1,000 organically grown tomato plants free of cost to morning walkers in Cubbon Park.

Dr. Rao started Hariyalee seeds, a “family-run farm, which curates species of endangered and heirloom seeds from all over the world” and sells them.

Madhavan left his job at ONGC to become a full-time farmer in 1993.

“Most farmers here had lost their connection with nature, but now many of them are getting motivated to go the natural way.”

Many small and marginal farmers in Lohardaga and Gumla are using tiny pumps to irrigate vegetable fields, an entrepreneurial model that has the potential to increase incomes for smallholders, since groundwater is abundant in the state. Bikalp Chamola takes a closer look.