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Gourds, Okras, & Chillies: Expert Shares How to Grow Summer Veggies At Home
With the approaching summer comes the sweltering heat, but also the season of hydrating watermelons and cucumbers to offer much-required respite. As we brace for temperatures to soar to unbearable...
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Assam Woman Helps 32 Women Turn Invasive Weed Into Organic Compost, Earn Rs...
Momee Pegu (34) from Majuli, a river island in Brahmaputra River, Assam, had never aspired to become a farmer, despite the fact that she belonged to a family that practised the profession. She says she...
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UP Woman Farmer Harvests 7 Quintals Organic Tomatoes Per Day, Exports to UK &...
In 2017, after Kanak Lata’s husband Vasudev Pandey retired from a co-operative bank, the couple travelled to the USA to spend some months with their son. But, after a while, the couple decided to...
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Kerala Farmer Shares How To Grow Potatoes, Carrots & More With Dry Leaves
In busy cities, several residents are taking to terrace gardening. While some use their terrace or backyards, others grow produce in their balconies. Finding ways to grow the maximum amount of plants...
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Organic, Scientific Farming Helps Rajasthan Farmer Earn Rs 4 Lakh/Month, Save...
Shankar Jaat from Salera village Rajasthan is a traditional farmer, growing tomato, beans and wheat on his 1.25-acre land. However, the 45-year-old marginal farmer never earned more than Rs 60,000 a...
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UP Brothers Turn 200 Quintals Of Cattle Waste Into Vermicompost, Earn Rs 20...
Traditionally, villagers of Sikhar in Uttar Pradesh had relied on cow dung and other organic material including wood to use as fuel for cooking. However, when the Central government announced the...
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Hyderabad Man Helps 45000 Farmers Turn To Organic Farming, Increase Income By...
In 1988, Raj Seelam, an agriculture graduate from Hyderabad, joined a chemical fertiliser and pesticide manufacturing company. Over the next 12 years, he worked closely with farmers, guiding them with...
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Thrissur Man Grows Banana Tree On His Terrace, With Fish Water & Waste
Four years ago, John Varghese (30), a resident of Thrissur in Kerala, began growing a few plants, including tomatoes and brinjal, on his home’s terrace. He wanted to reduce his dependence on vegetables...
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Bengaluru Man Grows Urban Jungle of 1700 Trees on Terrace, Doesn’t Need Fans...
In the early summer of 2010, Nataraja Upadhya was feeling the need to set up a water cooler to deal with the impending heat. As he geared up for temperatures to soar in Bengaluru, where he lives, he...
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Telangana Engineer 1st In State To Win ICAR Award, Grows 26 Types of Organic...
In 2014, a relative of software professional Mavuram Mallikarjun Reddy passed away from cancer, which had been detected a few years earlier. What was shocking, Mallikarjun recalls, was that none of the...
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She Quit City Life For An Organic Farm In Uttarakhand That Saves 2 Lakh...
To escape a hectic city life, full of woes and stress, and relocate to a quiet abode in the hills might very well be every urban dweller’s dream today. But how do you shift to an organic way of life in...
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Chennai Teacher Makes Homemade Fertilizers From Kitchen Waste, Grows Over 400...
Amidst the hustle and bustle in one of Chennai’s busiest streets, Chrompet, 51-year-old S Sathyanarayanan has created a green paradise on his 1,200 sq ft terrace. He grows 400 plants including...
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Engineer’s Bio-Organic Fertilizers Yield 20% More Produce At Rs 65/Litre,...
Around 2012-13, Dr Salim Channiwala, an engineer who worked as a director at Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of Technology in Surat, was left deeply impacted when he lost four relatives to cancer....
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Odisha Organic Farmer Earns Rs 18 Lakh/Year, Buy 10 Acres of Farmland With...
Odisha-based Krushna Nag has always held affection for nature in his heart, he says. He began working as a driver of light and heavy vehicles in 1996, but alongside his work, he’d spend hours admiring...
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How to Grow Mango Trees at Home in Just 6 Easy Steps
As a child, I fancied having a huge garden to myself and despite several attempts, I faced tough luck in growing mango plants at home. After extracting the juicy pulp, for years we have been discarding...
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Woman Quits Job, Helps Over 2,000 Himalayan Farmers Increase Earnings...
Growing up amid the hills of Garhwal, Uttarakhand, Babita Bhatt’s childhood had made her privy to the rich crop diversity of the Himalayas. Eating delicious and organic food was a daily affair she had...
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He Lost 5 Loved Ones To Cancer. 17 Yrs On, He’s Helped 20000 Punjab Farmers...
In the last five years, farmer Sultan Singh from Tarsikka village in Punjab has been able to earn lakhs per year by growing organic turmeric. He started with cultivation on a 1-acre land, and over the...
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Brother-Duo Earn Rs 3.5 Crore/Year From Organic Veggies & Charming Farm Stay
The Dabas family belong to Jat Khor, Delhi, and own 28 acres of agricultural land. For years, the family owning the ancestral land limited themselves to using the farm produce to serve the grain and...
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When 250 Farmers Were Shown the Organic Way, They Earned up to Rs 1.5 Lakh/Month
Nimble Growth, a Bengaluru-based startup, was founded by Rahul Saria and Nagendra Kalkuli in 2017 with a vision to ensure their customers eat healthy organic foods while securing farmers a sustainable...
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Gardener Shares How To Recycle Old Denim Pants Into Planters In 5 Easy Steps
While terrace gardening keeps us busy and allows us to grow organic produce, many worry that this is an expensive hobby. This is because purchasing new plants, organic potting mixes, fancy planters and...
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