punjab farmer

Started by Harjinder Kaur in 1989, Punjab-based Randhawa Mushroom Farm cultivates 12 varieties of the fungi. Mandeep, Manjeet and Harpreet Singh now continue the thriving business.

Harbant Singh from Punjab switched to organic farming to cultivate dragon fruit and sandalwood as they require less water than conventional crops.

While he cannot perform manual labour, Singh takes care of pretty much everything else—from deciding cropping patterns, monitoring the sowing, maintenance and harvest activities, overlooking the preparation of Jeevamrut and other biopesticides, and travelling to market his produce and training other farmers!

Using everything from satellite feeds to local real time data, their technology could be a boon for farmers!

Gurbachan realised the harms of stubble burning to the environment, long before the practice was criticised for causing air pollution in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi.