organic farming

Krushna Nag from Odisha grows season vegetables and fruits such as mangoes, pomegranates, and bananas using a variety of organic methods

Dr Salim Channiwala, a mechanical engineer and former director at Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology in Surat, has developed a bio-organic liquid fertilizer made from slurry and 16 micronutrients.

S Sathyanarayanan is a French teacher in Chennai's Anna Gem Science Park School, and took up terrace gardening as a hobby in 2015. Today, he grows over 400 plants on his terrace and balcony, and cares for them with a wide variety of homemade fertilizers using waste.

Amrita Chengappa moved to a small village in Uttarakhand in 2002 in search of a simpler life. With her partner, she runs SOS Organics that sells all-natural soaps, candles, home care items, teas, seasonings and cold pressed oils, all made with indigenous produce.

Mavarum Mallikarjun Reddy from Telangana practices integrated farming on his ancestral land to cultivate paddy, vegetables, and medicinal plants

Debashish Sen introduced the System of Rice (or Root) Intensification (SRI) technique to farmers in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh in 2006, which was originally invented in the 1980s in Madagascar.

Ruchita Jagzap is an architect who shuffles between Mumbai and Ahmedabad. She is also an urban designer by profession and the mother to a 4-year-old and shares the joys of gardening during the lockdown and the experience of planting over 101 saplings in her society.

Raj Seelam from Hyderabad founded Sresta Natural Bioproducts to encourage farmers to grow organic food, which he sells under the brand 24 Mantra to help customers lead more sustainable lives

Shankar Jaat from Salera village in Rajasthan grew the '1057 variety' of tomato using drip and mulching techniques increase both his harvest and income. He was trained by the Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF) Research Foundation

Anirudh Chaoji from Nagpur used rainwater harvesting, crop rotation, and solar systems to revive the ecosystem of his ancestral land, while also resolving the man-animal conflict in near Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary and Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve.