sustainable agriculture

Palak Arora, founder of Millium, is improving the future of traditional millet farming with her food brand. Combining food engineering expertise and a passion for nutrition, she is making healthy and ready-to-cook millet mixes accessible to modern consumers across India and supporting local farmers.

In Arunachal’s Ziro Valley, the Apatani tribe has grown rice and reared fish together for decades — a sustainable practice now eyed for UNESCO heritage status.

Phuman Singh Kaurra, a farmer from Punjab, turned 4.5 acres into a Rs 1 crore carrot farming enterprise. Learn the exact steps he followed to grow a sustainable and profitable farming business.

Starting with a bicycle and a few rupees, Arun Salai has built one of India’s most important collections of traditional seeds — reviving native farming one variety at a time.

Trellis systems provide a vertical cane support so that the chosen plants are kept off the ground. This improves exposure to sunlight, air movement, and easier spraying access throughout the canopy. Odisha's Hirod Patel ​​built this unique system over a pond. Today, his farm has become an experiment lab for other farmers and agricultural scientists.

Barabanki farmer Dheeraj Verma used hydroponics to grow 9,000 strawberries in 60 days, earning Rs 3 lakh — using just 3,500 sq ft and a DIY curd-copper spray.

India's tiny mammals may be hidden, but their role in protecting nature and supporting agriculture is huge and necessary for healthy ecosystems.

Inspired by a label in London and trained in Israel, Harshit Godha is now helping Indian farmers grow world-class avocados on home soil. By 2023, his venture Indo Israel Avocado had clocked over Rs 1 crore in revenue.

Tired of city life, a couple moved from Mumbai to a quiet hill in Mahabaleshwar. On abandoned land, they began again — growing food, building a zero-waste farm, and learning to live simply. Today, their journey inspires others to slow down, reconnect with nature, and find joy in doing things differently.

From forest-fed ponds to rice-fish fields, these traditional farming systems of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh show how communities can grow food while conserving nature.