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An electrician turned farmer grows vegetables without soil; inspires others to do the same
An electrician turned farmer grows vegetables without soil; inspires others to do the same

By Gaon Connection

In his courtyard in Srinagar, Ashiq Hussain grows spinach, collard greens, coriander, mint, and other vegetables, most of which are ready for harvest in 45 days. Hydroponics, or soilless farming, is picking up in the Valley.

In his courtyard in Srinagar, Ashiq Hussain grows spinach, collard greens, coriander, mint, and other vegetables, most of which are ready for harvest in 45 days. Hydroponics, or soilless farming, is picking up in the Valley.

An electrician turned farmer grows vegetables without soil; inspires others to do the same
An electrician turned farmer grows vegetables without soil; inspires others to do the same

By Mudassir Kuloo

In his courtyard in Srinagar, Ashiq Hussain grows spinach, collard greens, coriander, mint, and other vegetables, most of which are ready for harvest in 45 days. Hydroponics, or soilless farming, is picking up in the Valley.

In his courtyard in Srinagar, Ashiq Hussain grows spinach, collard greens, coriander, mint, and other vegetables, most of which are ready for harvest in 45 days. Hydroponics, or soilless farming, is picking up in the Valley.

'Adopt the RIGHT approach to treat a snakebite'
'Adopt the RIGHT approach to treat a snakebite'

By Shivani Gupta

Bites from venomous snakes kill over 58,000 people in India every year. What should be the immediate response in the case of snakebite? What is the right treatment for it? Why should the patient not be taken to a quack or an occultist? Sourabh Jha of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences explains.

Bites from venomous snakes kill over 58,000 people in India every year. What should be the immediate response in the case of snakebite? What is the right treatment for it? Why should the patient not be taken to a quack or an occultist? Sourabh Jha of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences explains.

Nandurbar’s Adivasi Fishers in Deep Water
Nandurbar’s Adivasi Fishers in Deep Water

By Satish Malviya

They lost their land to the Sardar Sarovar Dam and now the Bhil adivasi fisherfolk of the predominantly tribal district Nandurbar in north Maharashtra are struggling with a decline in fish catch in the dam’s reservoir. Despite the introduction of cage aquaculture to enhance fishers’ livelihoods, their woes are far from over.

They lost their land to the Sardar Sarovar Dam and now the Bhil adivasi fisherfolk of the predominantly tribal district Nandurbar in north Maharashtra are struggling with a decline in fish catch in the dam’s reservoir. Despite the introduction of cage aquaculture to enhance fishers’ livelihoods, their woes are far from over.

A jungle is born — thanks to the collective efforts of a bureaucrat and a village
A jungle is born — thanks to the collective efforts of a bureaucrat and a village

By Prabhat Misra

Thanks to the strong will of a bureaucrat and the villagers to provide green cover to a barren plot of land, around an acre of in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district has been modified into a ‘micro-forest’.

Thanks to the strong will of a bureaucrat and the villagers to provide green cover to a barren plot of land, around an acre of in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district has been modified into a ‘micro-forest’.

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