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State’s pomegranates entice Arab countries

TNN | May 18, 2015 AHMEDABAD: Danabhai Mali, a farmer from Duva village in Banaskantha, is planning to repay a loan he had taken for the marriage of his two daughters and a son. By growing pomegranate on nearly 3 acres of land, Danabhai has earned a net profit of Rs 8.5 lakh.

The Brinjal woman of Bagalkot

Prathibha Nandakumar, Bangalore Mirror Bureau May 17, 2015 Lakshmibai Zulapi won National Award from National Innovation Foundation of Department of Science and Technology for her mission of preserving and patenting a desi variety of Brinjal

Goodness of the unpolished

Aparna Pallavi’s May 31, 2015 The popularity of polished white rice has killed the red and black varieties that have medicinal properties. A few Tamil Nadu farmers are reviving the healthier options

Save farmer Save Life campaign- yatra

With respect we would like to inform you that Khudai Khidmatgar is going to organize a movement from 19th May to 30th May 2015 in Lucknow, which will be in the favour of Farmers. with the campaign “Save Farmer save Life” (fdlku cpkvks thou cpkvks)”. The schedule of yatra has been given below: Date Name Contact […]

Slow but steady wins the race: Lilawati

May 09, 2015 This is the inspirational story of Lilawati-a teacher cum farmer. The mother of 7 children—4 daughters and 3 sons, of whom one son died at the age of 25 years—66 years old Lilawati lives with her retired husband, 2 sons and their wives, a widowed daughter-in-law (who is a teacher) and 5 […]

Health Bites from a Doctor’s Orchard

By Anil Mulchandani 09th May 2015 Dr Dinesh Patel doesn’t just practice medicine. He produces high shelf life products such as spray dried fruit powders, jams, flours, puffed rice etc under the brand Ecovitals in his 125-acre organic farm on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. “Though we have been farming here for decades, we started Ecovitals […]