papaya

Interested in terrace gardening? Meet Bhubhaneshwar's Jayanti Sahu who has created a green paradise of over 450 plants of vegetables, fruits and flowers.

Gardening enthusiast and Kolkata-based gardening expert Santosh Mohta shares tips on how to grow papaya at home.

This Beed farmer switched to organic farming after attending a seminar. He made a fortune growing organic papaya and watermelon

He grows banana, turmeric, sugarcane, guava, litchi, purple yam and traditional rice varieties in the Surat district.

“We plan as per the season and often scour through the local nurseries to get our seeds etc. In terms of a daily time commitment, it takes us a good two hours each day."

After six months of training, when the couple sold the soaps made by the women to their friends and family, they were mindblown at the feedback. Thus NEEV Herbal Handmade Soaps became the couple’s entrepreneurial venture.

The connect that Sikdar saw his daughter forging with the earth, insects, and the many living organisms was a huge encouragement to him.

Natura Farms, the brainchild of 30-year-old Navdeep Golecha, is an innovative farm with 12,500 Pomegranate, 7500 Papaya and 200 Lemon plants.

KK Subramani has developed a hybrid variety of papaya seeds, which are native to India, and will be saving valuable foreign exchange.

Through this practice, he was able to expand his farm and is now able to cultivate his crop on 18.5 acres of leased land.