Agriculture

Oyster mushrooms are sold for as much as Rs 200 per kg, resulting in profitable businesses for several farmers. How to start growing them? Here are some tips from those who found success.

Farm-to-consumer Bengaluru startup Deep Rooted sells fruits and vegetables and offers farmers training and ways to boost profitability.

Ashwin Sawant runs Scientific Hydroponics, a research lab that has innovated a low-cost model to help farmers harvest more fodder in limited space and using less water.

Haryana-based Vikas Verma gave up his higher studies to establish Vedanta Mushroom Pvt. Ltd. to make healthy drinks, papad, pickle and biscuits from mushrooms.

Leena’s Mushroom Farm, started by Kerala natives Jithu Thomas and his mother Leena Thomas, is reaping huge success.

In a quest for sustainability, these innovative clean-tech startups are revolutionising the environmental landscape in India.

Having incurred huge losses because of recurring droughts, 10 farmers from Osmanabad, switched to oyster pearl farming to reap profits. One of the farmers, Sanjay Pawar shares six tips for beginners.

Here are 5 instances of how farmers in Karnataka increased yield and income by adopting sustainable practices.

This culinary saga begins 50 years ago, when Sharadrao Kondhalkar decided to change the established recipe of Mastani—a much-loved dessert.

Childhood friends Anuja and Sneha have converted their (Anuja's) grandmother’s house into an eco-friendly homestay called The Kokum Tree in Maharashtra.