innovations in farming

"Who better to understand the issues of a farmer than a farmer himself,” says Narayan, who has developed several 'jugaad' tactics to make farming less cumbersome and more profitable!

Of all his techniques, it was bamboo staking that brought his work to the limelight.

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.

Once a barren piece of ancestral land that was wasting away, the Rangamalai Organic Farm established in 2015, is a fully integrated organic farm today, thanks to the vision of 34-year-old Pradeep Kumar and his pillar of support, his wife, Mangai.

A forward-thinking Jagdish Prajapat of Bangreda Mamadev Gram Panchayat under Nimbahera block has proven that strawberry cultivation can be a booming business in this northwestern side of India.