Use of water and electricity is reduced, health of farmers improves, local ecosystems and biodiversity flourishes and toxics are eliminated.

Pingara, run by 1000 farmers of Dakshin Kannada, employs 18 people and has the capacity to process over 400 kg of raw jackfruit a day.

The training at the Knowledge Centre is now modified to weave in local knowledge to make it rooted in ground realities.

"Their organic dyes and processing methods have now become an area of study and research for design students”

His “unscientific’ innovations have impressed veterinarians so much that they have come to recommend them for others.

... provides an alternative to escape from current crisis-ridden and ecologically harmful farming practices creating serious health problems.

The transition to organic farming has allowed people to save Rs. 400 every season. The quality of soil has also improved.

A techie who traded in the comforts and chaos of the city to turn farmer, on what the transformation involved.

Cooperative initiatives that involve urban and rural people to solve problems of villages as well as cities, help to bridge the rural-urban divide