mango farm

In Sangli’s drought-prone Antral village, Kakasaheb Sawant built a thriving mango orchard and nursery, grafted 22 varieties on one tree, and created a steady Rs 50 lakh annual income through innovation.

Sajan Sasi moved to Melbourne from Kottayam as an engineer, where his farming roots beckoned him to cultivate a farm of organic moringa, mango and more.

While the process ultra high-density planting (UHDP) has been practised for years in Israel and South Africa, it is only recently being followed by a handful of enterprising farmers like 62-year-old Parmanand Gavane in Maharashtra.