Post-harvest cold storage unit puts smiles back on the faces of farmers in Odisha

Local cooling companies are leveraging a mobile app called Coldtivate coupled with the servitisation business model to help small and...

The Lotus Farmers of Hooghly

Bainchi village is the hub of lotus farming in West Bengal due to the presence of several water bodies. Farmers...

Tribal women in the buffer of Panna Tiger Reserve brave wild animals and dangerous slopes to fetch water

Bilahta and Katahari, two adivasi villages, are located on the border of Panna Tiger Reserve’s core and buffer zones. They...

How to avail monetary benefits under the Janani Suraksha Yojana for pregnant women

The Indian government’s Janani Suraksha Yojana provides one-time cash assistance of Rs 1,400 to rural pregnant women and Rs 1,000...

A mobile app provides rural women a platform to buy and sell livestock

A recently launched app called GraamHaat is facilitating women farmers in Rajasthan and parts of Bundelkhand to take better care...

Farmer Producer Companies are turning farmers into entrepreneurs and boosting agrarian businesses

The Indian government has come up with a policy of uniting farmers into a farmers’ business enterprise – a Farmer...

Vineyards take root in Central Kashmir as apple farmers switch to grape cultivation

While parts of Ganderbal district in Kashmir have been well known for the quality of grapes they grew for centuries,...

‘Zindagi Se Yaari’ promotes awareness on ill-effects of tobacco addiction

Using tobacco is an invitation to death – this was the message that was promoted at the day long youth...

Tomato Flu: All you need to know

Over 100 cases of Tomato Flu are reported from Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and Haryana. What is Tomato Flu? What...

Saving snakes can also save human lives

Rescuing snakes is not an easy job. How are these rescues carried out? How dangerous can they get? Meet some...