Author name: Harisharan Devgan

What is Cooperative Farming? Cooperative farming is the essence of the agricultural system, which includes the formation of alliance building involving people with shared responsibilities and liabilities, possessing the thinking ability for the upliftment of the underprivileged of this society. It includes the farmers gathering resources in equitable efforts to conduct farming practices in groups […]

The Mediterranean crop cultivation is having a long historical mark in the late known global civilization. Mediterranean farming is having a differential form of climatic changes where wide varieties of crops are grown in Mediterranean agriculture. Mediterranean farming is having varied differential forms of climatic changes where wide varieties of crops are grown in Mediterranean

Capitalist farming is a novel concept in which the means of production are privately owned. In earlier Indian farming, the agricultural system was preferably channelized and monitored by the capitalist class (as seen in the Zamindari system), which created a huge socio-economic disparity and a gulf of differences. Capitalistic farming, or individualistic farming, as we

Hydroponic Farming in India With the industry reaching a market cap of $500 million, hydroponic farming in India is taking off! Many farmers throughout the country want to jump ship from traditional farming to this new-age method, where plants are grown without soil. However, as a dedicated organic farmer in India with a decade of

On the surface, adoption movements for organic farming and biodynamic farming in India look similar. Both of these practices, built on similar principles, follow similar practices, and share the same goal: that being, to break away from non-organic and synthetic pesticides, chemicals, and compost, creating an all-natural, pure result on one’s farm. Yet, throughout the

Wanna use calcium nitrate fertilizer on your farm, but don’t know what it is? In what conditions should it be used? Don’t worry, I got you covered. While I always kept my focus on organic as a dedicated organic farmer in India, I have “kept up” with the industry. In this blog, I will distill

With cultivation in 100 countries covering both coastal areas and inner land regions, Coconut farming has always been a favorable crop throughout the world. In Asia for countries like the Philippines and Indonesia, it is a major part for ensuring stable economic growth. However, coconut farming in India is on another level. Even without realizing

Have you ever heard the term India’s first fully organic state before this decade? I surely didn’t. Only in 2016, when a survey was conducted to determine the Indian state with the most organic farms and the highest adoption of organic practices, did Sikkim turn out to be leading the charge with a 100% adoption.

At the turn of the century, millions of Indian farming communities did not earn a substantial income from their practices, even after the four decades of green revolution practices, thus, in efforts to keep up with the growing demands of the Indian market, Indian farmers are forced to adapt and to rely on chemical fertilizers

Technology has brought rapid growth and numerous advancements to the agricultural sector in the past few decades. Robotics and automation are two technologies that contributed to this growth and revolutionized food production. Automation and robotics have uplifted many industries, and agriculture is no exception. Technological farming improves efficiency and productivity and addresses the inherent challenges