Dr. Salunkhe has been a small-scale organic farmer for 13 years in Satara District. He is an Art of Living teacher, who conducts organic farming, yoga and meditation courses. In his journey as a farmer, he started a Participatory Guarantee Scheme (PGS) for an organic farmer group of 80 small-scale producers. The primary focus of farming is in turmeric and he grows the Salem & Waygaon variety. The turmeric harvested is of premium quality and usually left in the ground for a lo

Suresh Desai was born in Bedkihal Village, Belgaum district, in a traditional South Indian family comprising of 67 members. Since completing his matriculation, Suresh has been caring for the family property of 4.5 hectares, in an area where sugar cane is a primarily crop. For nearly a decade, Suresh followed conventional practices relying on external inputs in the form of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Just like most of the other farmers near Belgaum, he grew sugar cane

Black Rice Farmer, Goalpara, Assam Upendra Rabha of Goalpara, Assam, started cultivating black rice in 2011 as an experiment with the guidance of the local Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK). His success story has been highlighted by many. One of the articles are below.. Black rice cultivation- a success story in Assam (Article by Kishore Talukdar, an independent journalist based in Guwahati. tdrkishore@gmail.com ) Article Reference A progressive farmer in Assam’s Goalpara district i

Aaji is a 70-year-old small-scale woman farmer with 8 acres of land. Her cozy lovely home is a large hut made with handmade mud bricks and a tin roof. They have a typical rural way of life and their land, several acres of it, has the richest soil in Niphad. Their farm has probably never seen any urea, chemical pesticides or fertilizers. They have a sturdy Indian indigenous cow ‘Gir’, a good Indian breed. The milk of Gir cow is absolutely delicious. It is also the same milk ri