Recognising the inefficiencies and exploitative nature of the middlemen setup, R Ranjit Kumar and 120 farmers from Tamil Nadu decided to take matters into their own hands. They now export their produce to Australia, Canada, and France.
Merlin Moothedan, along with his sons Midhun and Manu Merlin, runs a six-acre mangosteen farm which has trees up to 140 years old and a fascinating origin story.
S Sivaganesh, a qualified engineer, went back to his village on the border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, to use different farming methods and earn up to Rs 13 Lakh annually
Currently residing in Cochin, Annie started uploading videos regularly on Youtube from 2015 bolstered by the encouraging comments of the viewers. Annie says that with each new video she makes, she feels the same kind of excitement and happiness she did when she started.