karnataka farmers

This Bengaluru entrepreneur transformed a small rose farm into one of Karnataka’s most successful floriculture ventures.

Mangaluru farmer Ganapathi Bhat has innovated an easy-to-use ’tree scooter ’that helps reduce dependence on labourers and helps farmers harvest 300 areca palms in a day, thrice the amount harvested using traditional methods.

Rajendra Hindumane’s lush green farm in Karnataka is filled with 1,300 types of fruit plants, spices, medicinal herbs and some rare wild plants.

Karnataka farmer Anil Balanja has been growing over 700 varieties of exotic fruits from 40 countries on his farm for the past 20 years.

And what does he grow to earn this kind of money? Tonnes and tonnes of bitter gourd.

Desai runs 'Krishiyog' - an online portal for connecting marginalised natural farmers to conscious urban consumers, thus increasing their average income by 30%-40%