Maharashtra farmer

Maharashtra farmer Kakasaheb Sawant grows the HRMN-99 apple variety, which was first conceived by Himachal farmer Hariman Sharma. Here’s how both farmers have been able to cultivate this low-chill variety.

Food scientist-turned-farmer, Chandrasekhar Bhadsavle, fondly addressed by farmers as ‘Dada’, introduced the Saguna Rice Technique (SRT) among a handful of farmers in Neral (Karjat) in 2013. Today, it is practised by progressive farmers in all the 16 agro-climatic zones of Maharashtra.

Despite farming in a drought-affected region like Nashikh district in Maharashtra, Bapu Bhausaheb Salunke manages to grow 200 tonnes of grapes every year!

“My mother works in a cotton farm and sends me all the money she can scrape together. I was more than happy to inform her not to send money for the monthly mess as it’s been taken care of by my friends in Pune.”