Farming

Former journalist Hitarth Pandya left his newsroom career to start Kids for the Environment Development Initiative (KEDI) in Vadodara. Through farming, skits, and hands-on activities, he has introduced over 20,000 children across five Vadodara schools.

This Women’s Day, we want this to change. The Better India, in collaboration with Mann Deshi Foundation, wants to ensure women in Maharashtra’s most vulnerable villages get access to solar dehydrators, which will help them process the harvested fruits to avoid post-harvest crop spoilage.

Ayurvedic doctor Jasmit Singh Arora has distributed over eight lakh mango saplings across West Bengal. Through Mango Gutli Mission and Tree ka Langar, he supports farmers with sustainable income and carbon credit guidance.

Anshul Mishra, a computer science graduate, returned to his roots in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, to transform barren ancestral land into a thriving dragon fruit farm. Combining fresh fruit sales with a lucrative nursery business, he now generates impressive profits.

After years of buying potato seeds from outside the state, Hooghly farmer Subrata Karmakar began growing his own through HVGPCL. The impact is reaching more farmers than he expected.

Joseph Lobo used online resources like YouTube videos to learn and grow hundreds of fruits and vegetables on his terrace, including berries, chikoo, and various mango varieties.

Amravati’s Bharti Pohorkar earned Rs 7 lakh from just 1 acre of Santra farming using scientific irrigation, pest control, and soil management.

Discover the inspiring journey of Kotinaga Manikanta and Naga Venkata Durga Pavani, a couple who left their successful corporate careers to empower farmers and provide healthier food to the community through ‘Sreshte’. From building relationships with local farmers to offering chemical-free, sustainable products, their commitment to health has turned Sreshte into a thriving business with a mission.

From Balasaheb Bhilare’s 1992 experiment to 4,000 hectares of cultivation, here’s how Maharashtra’s growers turned a delicate fruit into a Rs 10 to 12 lakh per acre success story.

After concerns over pesticide use, Ganga Ram Sepat rebuilt his fields around organic principles. Today, his cucumber crop flourishes under a system embedded in compost, sunlight-powered soil treatment and botanical sprays.