Namakkal

This farmer from Namakkal in Tamil Nadu cultivates maize fodder for his cattle in a cupboard. He gets around 5 kgs of fodder in just 8 days. Here's how he does it.

Today, Saravanan Thiyagarajan is working in tandem with 20 districts spread across Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh where every district has at least 5-6 people actively engaged in lake rejuvenation.

This Namakkal man's first-of-its-kind firm uses poultry litter to produce electricity for the state grid and make manure for farmers

Focussing on ‘late bloomers’, the initiative works in close collaboration with local government schools and incorporates various unconventional teaching methodologies to push even the late learners into the mainstream.

At a time when junk food has urban youngsters under its thrall, there is a need for interesting, appetising and healthy alternatives to burgers, pizzas and the like. Millet-based products could be a good option in this respect and women entrepreneurs in rural Tamil Nadu are capitalising on this need by using their business acumen to make and sell them.