Sustainable Farming Practices  

Saharanpur farmer Sethpal Singh has achieved remarkable success by cultivating organic water chestnuts, earning substantial profits.

Arun Sharma, hailing from the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, decided to pursue mushroom cultivation instead of taking a conventional job after completing his MBA. Today, he earns an impressive Rs 90 lakh annually. 

Santosh Devi, an 8th-grade-educated farmer from Sikar, Rajasthan, has won the President's Award for her innovative carrot farming techniques. She transformed her yield and income by experimenting with cow ghee and honey on carrot seeds. Her story is an inspiration to farmers across India.

Shraddha Dhawan's unwavering determination, vision, and hard work serve as an inspiration to women aspiring to be self-reliant.

Mahan Chandra Borah, a farmer from Assam, has been committed to the initiative of preserving indigenous seeds for almost two decades. He aims to establish a seed school which would enable him to impart knowledge to farmers and younger generations about the importance of seed preservation.

Ashwin Nariya has been engaged with organic farming for the past 20 years. He educates other farmers about his farming methods that involves the use of cow urine, cow dung, cow milk, and turmeric in the fields. This approach has proved beneficial as many farmers have been able to increase their production at reduced costs.

Dr Prabhakar Rao worked as an architect for years in Dubai and later did his PhD in Plant Breeding and Genetics. His passion to encourage sustainable farming methods among farmers brought him back to India. And now he has revived over 500 seeds of vegetables that were going extinct.

Tathagat Barodh form Madhya Pradesh took up farming as a career after completing his studies from NIT and IIT.  He did not do a private job and has been involved in organic farming practices for the last 5 years. Crops like moringa, amla, turmeric, gram, lemon grass are grown on his fields. The other farmers of his area look up to him for inspiration and consider him a role model.