organic manure

Coming from an agricultural family, Kanchan Verma from Madhya Pradesh took up farming soon after her marriage. Along with growing vegetables, wheat, and maize, the BA graduate tried turmeric for the first time in 2020. The decision proved fruitful, bringing her higher returns. Here’s how.

Hyderabad's Pavani Lolla has innovated ‘Vapra odour-free home composter’ which turns kitchen waste into compost in just seven days.

Dharsan Challuru and Chandan Kagganapalli from Tirupati launched Ecofinix to convert organic waste into nutrient-rich manure. Here’s how they do it.

In the 80s, Pune-based Jayant Barve’s business of manufacturing and selling chemical fertilisers was thriving. Today, he has switched to producing organic manure through his venture, Nature Care Fertilizer, which is also in demand in Kenya and Namibia

"Even our customers could smell the chemicals in our rice and wheat. Why would they buy toxins by choice? Now our crops and vegetables are sold out the fastest at the weekly bazaar,"

Long before India began discussing global warming, Kollakkayil Devaki Amma with no formal education started to do her bit to save the environment. The result is a story of change that we all can learn from.

The couple even prepares organic fertilisers and pest repellants at home.

Yash Bhatt and Arjun Thakkar, from the city-based Silver Oak Engineering College, have developed a machine that can process flowers and leaves into organic manure in 15 days.

Exotic fruit trees like katemfe, rollinia deliciosa, arazaboi, mangosteen, snake fruit, milk fruit, pulasan, durian, chamaliang, burmese grapes, ilang ilang and many rare varieties of mangoes, custard apple, pineapples, and bananas are part of this farm.

In a path-breaking move that could be adopted across urban lakes in the country, Hyderabad-based Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) and Khar Energy Optimisers converted water hyacinth from the Kapra Lake into organic manure for farming.