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Aroma of Success: A Bookshop Owner Now Runs a Successful Aromatic Oils Startup
Aroma of Success: A Bookshop Owner Now Runs a Successful Aromatic Oils Startup

By Niroj Ranjan Misra

Hit by the rise of online book selling, a bookseller in Odisha turned into a farmer and started cultivating aromatic plants. His startup, Utkal Aromatics, has an annual turnover of Rs 15 lakh.

Hit by the rise of online book selling, a bookseller in Odisha turned into a farmer and started cultivating aromatic plants. His startup, Utkal Aromatics, has an annual turnover of Rs 15 lakh.

Aroma of Success: A Bookshop Owner Now Runs a Successful Aromatic Oils Startup
Aroma of Success: A Bookshop Owner Now Runs a Successful Aromatic Oils Startup

By Gaon Connection

Hit by the rise of online book selling, a bookseller in Odisha turned into a farmer and started cultivating aromatic plants. His startup, Utkal Aromatics, has an annual turnover of Rs 15 lakh.

Hit by the rise of online book selling, a bookseller in Odisha turned into a farmer and started cultivating aromatic plants. His startup, Utkal Aromatics, has an annual turnover of Rs 15 lakh.

The Strawberry Farmers of Odisha
The Strawberry Farmers of Odisha

By Ashis Senapati

With the support of district administration, tribal farmers in Koraput and Nuapada districts have taken up strawberry cultivation and are earning up to Rs 6 lakh profit per acre.

With the support of district administration, tribal farmers in Koraput and Nuapada districts have taken up strawberry cultivation and are earning up to Rs 6 lakh profit per acre.

Paddy, sugarcane, and now mango orchards – 75 years of changing farming patterns in Chittoor
Paddy, sugarcane, and now mango orchards – 75 years of changing farming patterns in Chittoor

By Sweta Akundi

Aragonda village in Thavanampalle Mandal of Andhra Pradesh is famous for its mango varieties – Banganapalle, Neelam, Imampasand, Totapuri, Kalapadi. But a couple of decades ago, its farmers were known to grow paddy followed by sugarcane. What brought about this change?

Aragonda village in Thavanampalle Mandal of Andhra Pradesh is famous for its mango varieties – Banganapalle, Neelam, Imampasand, Totapuri, Kalapadi. But a couple of decades ago, its farmers were known to grow paddy followed by sugarcane. What brought about this change?

Meet the farmer who earns Rs 50-60 lakh from sugarcane, has 7 lakh followers on social media
Meet the farmer who earns Rs 50-60 lakh from sugarcane, has 7 lakh followers on social media

By Arvind Shukla

Suresh Kabade, who lives in Sangli district of Maharashtra, has developed newer breed of seeds for better sugarcane production. Many farmers from across the country throng his village to learn the finer aspects of sugarcane cultivation

Suresh Kabade, who lives in Sangli district of Maharashtra, has developed newer breed of seeds for better sugarcane production. Many farmers from across the country throng his village to learn the finer aspects of sugarcane cultivation

Advanced machinery and equipment transform farming and fishing in Satara, Maharashtra
Advanced machinery and equipment transform farming and fishing in Satara, Maharashtra

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Timely intervention by way of mechanisation and updated equipment help farmers and fishers up their yield and income in Satara, Maharashtra.

Timely intervention by way of mechanisation and updated equipment help farmers and fishers up their yield and income in Satara, Maharashtra.

A lawyer-turned-farmer in Kashmir is inspiring others to take up farming
A lawyer-turned-farmer in Kashmir is inspiring others to take up farming

By Gaon Connection

Giving up a law practice, Sayeeda Shazia Lateef from Shopian district took up cultivation of exotic vegetables, poultry and fish farming. Last year, her crop produce was exported to the UAE.

Giving up a law practice, Sayeeda Shazia Lateef from Shopian district took up cultivation of exotic vegetables, poultry and fish farming. Last year, her crop produce was exported to the UAE.

A lawyer-turned-farmer in Kashmir is inspiring others to take up farming
A lawyer-turned-farmer in Kashmir is inspiring others to take up farming

By Junaid Manzoor Dar

Giving up a law practice, Sayeeda Shazia Lateef from Shopian district took up cultivation of exotic vegetables, poultry and fish farming. Last year, her crop produce was exported to the UAE.

Giving up a law practice, Sayeeda Shazia Lateef from Shopian district took up cultivation of exotic vegetables, poultry and fish farming. Last year, her crop produce was exported to the UAE.

Kuchinda chillis add spice to farming in Odisha
Kuchinda chillis add spice to farming in Odisha

By Ashis Senapati

Red chilli farming is transforming the lives of farmers from Kuchinda block and its nearby areas in Odisha’s Sambalpur district. The superior quality of the produce has traders and big export companies queuing up at their doorstep.

Red chilli farming is transforming the lives of farmers from Kuchinda block and its nearby areas in Odisha’s Sambalpur district. The superior quality of the produce has traders and big export companies queuing up at their doorstep.

A Bed of Roses in Drought-Prone Solapur
A Bed of Roses in Drought-Prone Solapur

By Shrinivas Deshpande

Khandoba Farmer Producer Company, with 385 members, has empowered farmers to grow roses in semi-arid Solapur district of Maharashtra. The FPO offers a minimum support price to buy roses and also daily produces 1,000 litres of gulab jal.

Khandoba Farmer Producer Company, with 385 members, has empowered farmers to grow roses in semi-arid Solapur district of Maharashtra. The FPO offers a minimum support price to buy roses and also daily produces 1,000 litres of gulab jal.

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