Ben Raja and Raj Kancham left the corporate life, aggregated 2,500 acres under the Farm Again brand, and are using a direct procurement/sale strategy, technology intervention and a unique pricing model to grow their business. Ice cream brand Ben & Jerrys changed the way the US consumed the frozen dessert because of the way they […]
Young Keralite Ibrahim Shafeel has transformed patches of the arid Virudhunagar district into little oases of greenery replete with native vegetables and exotic Arabian date palms The ochre soil glows a fiery red in the bright morning sun and rows of palm trees cast skimpy shadows on the barren landscape. Dry ponds, vast expanse of […]
Climate change is affecting farmers across the globe and leading to massive crop failures. However, heres an example of how a community in rural Himachal Pradesh has not just tackled climate change head-on but used traditional skills combined with modern technology to reap huge profits from crop diversification and switched to alternate crops in line […]
DEHRADUN: Come new year, and Uttrakhand will have its own Organic Agriculture Act making it the second state in India, after Sikkim, to have its own Act. It will be a major leap in transforming Uttarakhand into a fully organic state of the country and the Act will lay thrust on cultivating indigenous organic products. […]
Certification and branding expected to help weed out fake organic farm produts People can now look forward to certified organic produce that will be promoted under the brand names Siri and Shreshta in the State. This is a bid to ensure quality and authenticity of the produce, which will be certified by the Karnataka State […]
Switching to organic farming, a Telengana village has turned its arid lands into lush green farms, overcoming the scourge of farmer suicides and health problems in the process, and increasing household earnings There was a time when Enabavi was just another impoverished village in the arid plains of Warangal in Telengana, full of frustrated farmers, […]
WEST BENGAL, India For the tough, weather-beaten farmers in the rural heartland of West Bengal, agroforestry is an age-old tradition that even finds mention in their folklore. In the remote village of Bhattadighi, a group of women farmers observes a unique ritual, known as Paakh Pakhali or welcoming birds, in which they fill an earthen […]
COIMBATORE: A passionate team of professors and students from Kumaraguru College of Technology launched a mobile app, ‘Mann Uyir’, on Tuesday to help farmers directly contact with potential buyers. The team has been working on the app for the past one year. Though it was a learning experience, they had to overcome several hurdles to […]
To set certain standards, The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has introduced the Jaivik Bharat logo to help customers identify authentic organic food Even as the Indian market is flooded with organic foods, which appear to be the glowing, new health trend, the question of how genuine these products are continues to […]
A good number of farmers in the Malnad areas of Hassan district are cultivating native varieties of paddy, thanks to the encouragement by the Department of Agriculture promoting organic farming. Nearly 700 farmers have been growing native paddy varieties and are happy with the earnings. As they are certified organic growers, their produce is attracting […]