Success stories

This section contains success stories or success mantras of different farmers of India.

• Harisharan Devgan: Changing the anatomy of farming with organic manures and pesticides

  Organic agribusiness is an important tool for achieving Green productivity in agriculture and mitigates the negative impacts of the conventional intensive agricultural methods. Organic farming reduces carbon footprints, preserves and builds soil health, replenishes common biological systems for cleaner water and air, all without poisonous…

• Harisharan Devgan: Entrepreneurial Success in Farming

  Drought! Loans! Rains! It often makes us see that farmers have endless suffering of lives and agriculture have no scope. But Harisharan Devgan says, though agriculture reaps the benefits as a social service, it still remains as one of the most profitable business.…

• Roy Anthony, a Wayanad Farmer shows that Success brings Success

  We have heard about many people who have been successful in various areas of life. One such person is Roy Anthony, a Wayanad farmer.…

• Harisharan Devgan: Perspective on Water Conservation and Management

  Exiguity of water is an austere issue in many densely populated regions. Harisharan Devgan, an efficacious and passionate farmer believes that "Harvest the rain and reap the gain".…

• Harisharan Devgan Transforming the Future of Indian Agriculture

  Harisharan Devgan, also known as Karan Devgan is a name that has become synonymous with entrepreneurial success. A dynamic and multidimensional personality, scaling new heights of achievement with every passing moment, he still remains grounded to his roots and boasts of being a farmer by…

• Harisharan Devgan - A Farmer who thought of Ferrari

  Harisharan Devgan, also known as Karan Devgan, has been undisputedly India’s most enterprising agripreneur. He rose from humble beginnings to begin his journey with organic farming.…

• What is Veda Farming? This Woman Farmer from Telangana is Earning Double Yield through This New Technique

  R Lakshmi Reddy, who hails from Kondaparakala village in Manakonduru mandal in neighbouring Karimnagar district, came up with the new method while working in the farm along with her husband.…

• Three friends from Uttar Pradesh earned Rs. 10 lakh through Organic Farming in the very First Season

  Here in between the scenario of opposition to the Farm Bill by some farmers, we have the story of three young friends of Maharajganj who started farming after completing MBA, BSc, and BCom. They started organic farming with the help of technical support from the…

• This farmer from Mysuru proves how Natural Farming is Profitable & Economically Viable

  Like the Japanese farmer Masanobu Fukuoka , a 50-year-old farmer in a village in Karnataka have shown that beautiful forests and farms can arise from nothingness. In Bannur village, T Narasipur taluk, Krishnappa Dasappa Gowda's farm looks less like a traditional agricultural field and more…

• The Women Farmer and Awardee who is set to Reap Gold from Soil

  In a Conversation with Dolly ,Women Farmer who conveys she knows nothing but only to cultivate and farm. She has been farming for more than 30 years in Kasaragode,Kerala…

• Inspiring Story of a Farmer from Idukki who created A Spices Society to help Farmers Reclaim the Soils and Sell their Products

  K. Ramesan, a farmer from Idukki, Kerala cultivates cardamom, ginger, turmeric, pepper & rubber and sells the products in the Prakash Gram Spices Farmers Society. Idukki farmers are continuously been faced not only by market and prices, but also natural disasters and wild animals.…

• Know All about the Forest Man of Kerala, Mr. K V Dayal

  KV Dayal, a great nature lover, created a great forest on one and a half acres, which is a model for the world today. On the one-and-a-half-acre land adjacent to the house, there are about two hundred different plants, about a thousand creatures, and two…

• IIT Graduates are Earning Rs 80 Lakh per Month from Exotic Vegetables

  The story starts from IIT-Bombay. Two friends Mayank Gupta and Lalit Jhawar were pursuing engineering at IIT. And, in early 2018, Mayank quit his job and returned home for good. He said, “I became homesick and felt the need to work in a sustainable food…

• The Kerala Farmer who amazes us by making money from Arrowroot Tubers and its Value Addition

  The Village of Kulappally Mambattapadi in Kerala is now known as the Valluvanadan headquarters of Arrow root. Valluvanad refers to a region in present-day central Kerala and was, at various periods, an independent kingdom (officially the Kingdom of Vellattiri ), a district within the kingdom…

• A Daily wage Labourer to get Best Farmer Tilak Award from Kerala Government; Binsi Shares her Success Story

  The Binsi-James couple of Idukki need not be introduced to anyone who loves farming. Yes, they were a couple who had stepped into the steps of success in agriculture with a tireless mind in the difficult times of their lives.…

• Pooja Bharati Who Studied from IIT Quits Rs. 22 Lakh Job to Start farming

  Pooja, a pass out from IIT, was doing a fantastic job at India's large state-owned GAIL (Gas Authority of India Limited). But whenever he remembers his village, his heart gets depressed. Pooja Bharati, originally from Bihar Sharif in Nalanda district, was a promising student.…

• This Girl has a Mini Floral Forest on Her Terrace; Grows more than 500 Varieties of Fruits, Veggies

  Terrace gardening has become a quite popular nowadays. In urban India, houses doesn't have space for lawns and yards to start a garden. Here comes the option of terrace gardening.…

• Meet this Graduate from Warwick who left his stable career to start a Business in Sustainable Flower Industry

  "When a flower doesn't bloom you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower." We are in conversation with Karan Rastogi, a Masters from Warwick Business School (UK), who came back to India to join his family shoe-manufacturing business. Leaving an option of…

• The Aeronautical Engineer who grew Vegetables, Fruits in his backyard during COVID-19 and inspired neighbours

  Sijo always wanted to stay in his village and enjoy the backyard gardening and always wanted to get more people to make them involved in the idea of growing food. Covid-19 gave him the best opportunity to start growing food, start his own YouTube channel…

• Mumbai based couple makes big profit by selling their DIY roof top gardening kits during lockdown

  Tanvi and Ankur Agarwal, a Mumbai based couple launched their own small company named “Bombay Greens” earlier this year in the month of May.…

• Meet This Housewife who earns a High Sustainable Income through Homemade Fruits and their Byproducts

  Sereena earns good money by selling fruits and also their by-products. She is very cool and very enterprising and marketing. Sereena is a fruit entrepreneur based in Kottayam with a degree in home science and runs an online store for her value-based product. Home-grown pineapple,…

• The Journey of – “A Yeoman to a Successful Farmer with Jain Irrigation”

  Bhopal Singh, an Amazing and Passionate farmer from the Hills of Himachal, who had a simple thought of living his ordinary life in an extraordinary way!…

• Know How Nizar becomes a successful farmer after facing major loss

  This is an article about the inspiring journey of Nizar, a farmer from Edavanakkad. His dedication and never give up attitude resulted in a great success in life. He says failures are the next opportunity to try for better ideas. His life story is an…

• Automatic Agri-sprayer made by 15 year old Girl is helping Betel nut Farmers

  After three years of research, experiments, and interaction with farmers, a 15 year old young girl, Neha developed an automatic agri sprayer, that is capable of reducing human intervention, and helping farmers to save money.…

• Farmer's Son Cracks JEE Advanced 2020; Plans to join IIT Kharagpur or IIT Roorkee

  This farmer son from Navi Akhol village of Ahmedabad made his family proud by cracking JEE Advanced 2020, securing an all-India rank of 1849. Getting a seat in IIT is a dream of every Indian parent which has been considered as the best educational institutions…

• Sports Couple from Kerala turn to Organic Farming to keep them Fresh Mentally & Physically during these Difficult Times

  Pole vault player KP Bimin and triple jumper MA Prajusha have taken into growing varieties of vegetables in their kitchen garden and reaping Gold, not on the playground, but on the farm. The sports couple are preparing an integrated farm with farm animals, fish, vegetables…

• Meet This Arabic School Teacher who Encourages & Teaches Children Lessons in Agriculture as well as Art

  We are all pretty sure about our kids who go to school to read and learn what they got in their books rather than plant vegetables in their school premises. But the Children of Fort Kochi Santa Cruz LP School is more involved in farming…

• This Mechanical Engineer quits his Job for Farming and is Conserving Pepper and Cashew Indigenous Varieties

  Conservation of Indigenous Varieties may seem like an insane job to others, but I'm consulting on how to make farming profitable with them says Biju Narayanan. Biju, at present provides guidelines on how to make farming profitable. These guidelines have been prepared after years of…