Tag: India
Gurgaon’s Urban Farmers
Dheeraj Garg is a busy IT professional but he finds time to engage in a 'hobby' every weekend. Every Sunday, Dheeraj drives to Badshahpur on the outskirts of the city, where he - along with over a hundred other Gurugrammers - works as a farmer in his own farm,...
Indian School Auctions Organic Produce To Encourage Farming
There have been several initiatives to promote organic farming at schools, but these projects often fall short when it comes to sustainability. Naipunnya Public School, Thrikkakara (Kerala, India) has figured a way to overcome this crisis.
Here, the school auctions produce of its terrace farming among teachers and reinvest the...
Indian Woman Sets An Example for Neighbours With Rooftop Farm
A woman named Pushpa Sahu is setting an example with her unconventional way of farming on her home’s rooftop in Raipur, India. Ms. Sahu has converted the rooftop into a mini-farm. She is using waste from her house and recycled water to grow fruits, vegetables and medicinal plants. She...
Farmers in India’s First 100% Organic State Need Support
Sikkim was declared as India's first 100% organic state in 2016.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had praised the move towards traditional farming and urged other states to emulate Sikkim's organic agriculture model.
Launched as an ambitious programme through a resolution passed by the Sikkim Legislative Assembly in 2003, and gradually implemented...
From Railway Engineer to Organic Farmer
In the eastern Indian state of Odisha, a small bunch of engineers have created a new company to promote organic agriculture called Organic Soch.
Railway engineer Atul Choudhury learnt about all the problems of inorganic agriculture, farmer indebtedness, diseases among farming communities. He decided that organic farming was the only...
The Man Who Saved The Lives of 4 Million Farmers
"In our country people think farmers are from another planet; the way farmers are discussed, as if farmers are not like other human beings," says 65-year-old Subhas Palekar.
"For example," says Palekar, "Prices increase for everything and everyone accepts price rise for everything from toys to petrol, but somehow the...
Students Grow Organic Vegetables In School
Most city schools learn the bit of farming within the four walls of a classroom. Students of Marudhamalai Devasthanam Higher Secondary School, Vadavalli, went a step ahead and created a small organic farm at the school to meet their needs.
Started in June, the students cultivate spinach, tomato, ladies finger,...
A ₹20 (US$0.30) Waste Decomposer Bottle To Solve Crop Residue Problem
Farmers in the Indian state of Punjab are trying to adopt alternatives to avoid the burning of crop stubble that causes heavy smog and health problems not only in the neigbourhood but hundreds of kilometres away. The latest is the use of "waste decomposer" in the fields, prepared by...
India’s Gaffarbhai Qureshi Traveled 19 States and Grew 5200 Varieties of Plants
Gafarbhai Qureshi has collected over 5200 types of plants in his nursery and gives free information and training to farmers and students about these plants, herbs and trees.
His father, a small farmer from Ramdechi of Junagarh district of Gujarat, had four acres of land, a well and 50 plants.
He...
Facebook Group Cultivates Interest In Organic Vegetables
Scare over widespread use of pesticides has prompted many to turn to organic food and cultivation.
Residents of Thiruvananthapuram, India, looking to buy organic vegetables at affordable price now have one more destination to head to.
Krishibhoomi, a Facebook group, has started organic vegetable sale every Sunday at L-43, LIC Lane,...