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Could you give us a brief introduction about what you are doing? My name is Prateek Tiwari. I am an agriculture engineer by education and a pass out from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. I started my corporate career with Mahindra, then started a organic farming company in the year 2003, in...

Let us get an introduction about you. I am Shivendra Singh. We started Barton Breeze in 2015 to provide clean food to our customers. There is a long story behind how we zeroed in on this venture. Barton Breeze started with small client pilot projects in Dubai. In 2016, we built two commercial...

How did you get into this venture? My academic background has no relation to wind energy or even engineering for that matter. My company, Avant Grade Innovations, was built purely on the passion to create a sustainable project which contributes towards the development of our country. My company...

Can you give us a brief introduction about yourself? Sure. I am Vishal and I hail from Delhi. I am 25 years old and I have been farming on my own land in Delhi for the last two and a half years now. I have about 20 acres of land under open field cultivation and another two and a half acres...

Preserves and promotes indigenous Sahiwal breed cows and bulls Spiritual leaders of Namdhari Sangat are safeguarding desi breeds of our country for more than 150 years and engaged in developing Sahiwal breed. Initially the organization was founded by Satguru Ram Singhji. Later it was formally...

Becomes jaggery maker to increase the farm income “Sugar factories never make the payments on time and they do not have fixed rate for sugarcane therefore we started processing sugarcane into jaggery ourselves from the first year itself. As we are processing jaggery at home, our income is...

“I love farming and wanted to grow some food so decided to grow sweet corn, peanuts and cowpeas. I cultivate these three crops turn by turn. As I am growing it for additional income along with my present job I wanted to grow less labour intensive crop. These crops are protein rich legume grains...

Opts for growing ginger to cope with water scarcity “Ginger is best crop for the farms having acute water scarcity. With minimum water supply the quantity and quality of the produce is good as well as it is gainful because market demand is always high and price is stable,” shares Mr. Siddappa...

Supplements farm revenues with tuberose flower farming “Rajanigandha flowers have good demand for preparing garlands at the time of festival and family functions. As nobody in my village was cultivating this flower I thought to experiment and be first to grow it,” says Mr. Adappa Sugoor, farmer...

“Price of curry leaves is always stable throughout the year. It never fluctuates like onions. The price varies between Rs. 20-40/kg. I found it to be most profitable greens amongst all available variants hence decided to grow it commercially. However initially we were not sure about it therefore...

Brings together fellow farmers to grow grapes for secured sales and attaining distinct identity of village Unity is strength in farming. “We don’t go out in search of buyers instead buyers come to us asking for grapes. This is the power we have achieved from farmers’ unity in our Pargaon Sudrik...

“My farm crops are free from pest or disease after using vermicompost. Earlier I faced the issues of rot disease but now it is all gone. I could also see the change in quantity of yield. 10 years before I used to get 10-15 quintal arecanut, 10-12 kg pepper but after using vermicompost the yield...

“Easy to grow and less production expenses are the ideal features for growing cabbage. Even if the market price drops it doesn’t affects me much because expenditure is less,” says Mr. Hanumantharayappa. It is said cabbage is most prone to pests, “We control it by planting trap crops.” His farm...

“As our land has less water and pomegranate strives well in smaller amount of water I selected this crop. Even after plucking the fruits if the tree is not watered it shall survive,” says Mr. Mahadev Lakshman Balekayi. He hails from Chachadi village, Belgaum district, Karnataka. He holds 4.5...

“Rabbit farming demands patience to attain the monetary goals. It is not a magic that will produce money the next day. One should to be prepared that it would take at least 6months to get money. It is a systematic procedure that requires good animals for breeding, cleanliness and commitment to...

“We want to grow desi crops and sell it on our own but sometimes due to problems like lack of water and price fluctuations it is not possible! In such a situation in order to continue farming it is best to branch out. I did it 10 years ago by producing seeds for Namdhari Seed Company,” shares...

“We had struggled to cope with the volatile onion prices varying between Re.1 to Rs. 50/kg! To put an end to this distress I questioned myself, why sell onion at Re 1/kg during summers when it can be sold at Rs. 15-20/kg in monsoon? The answer was, we sell onion in loss because we do not have a...

“Most farmers are aware of millets crops and millets foods. The crop has been integral part of their life. Unfortunately they moved away from millets but now we need to revive millets for farmers as well as consumers. We are trying to create the demand and also better market price for farmers so...

“Magnificent appearance, rich flavor, stronger aroma, succulent taste and higher nutritional value are the unique features of the greens produced and supplied by my hydroponic farm. 15 thousand plants are raised in 6000 sq feet area in soilless media in the most natural way without any use of...

A family run farm, ‘Acres Wild’ is one stop to unwind from the stress and feel close to the nature. It was established in the year 2003 by the renowned director Mr. Mansoor Khan who gave us movies like ‘Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar’ and ‘Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak’. The films left a lasting impression and...