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Earning a lakh from half an acre

Blood, sweat and a little land: how the frail but hardy Pushpa Chhetri earns over a lakh from her half-acre plot of land in Assam.

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How some FPC balloons can become durable high flyers – II

Members of farmer producer companies being of limited means and the avenues to raise capital being less, the companies can sustain by adopting preventive measures in their operation

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हिमाचल के जैविक खेती करने वाले किसान बाज़ार-परक हुए

हिमाचल के मंडी जिले में, जैविक खेती करने वाले छोटे किसानों को, सामूहिक भागीदारी के माध्यम से, अपनी उपज को सीधे दिल्ली के उपभोक्ताओं को बेहतर मूल्यों पर बेचने में मदद मिली, जिससे उनकी आमदनी में वृद्धि हुई।

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Himachal’s organic farmers turn market-savvy

Collective representation helps smallholder organic farmers in Himachal’s Mandi district sell their produce directly to consumers in Delhi at a premium price, increasing their earnings

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Andaman farmers reshape land for better farming

Land shaping has helped farmers in the Andaman Islands increase farm incomes despite limited availability of land, increasing soil salinity and inundations caused by cyclones and tides

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Can data-driven social enterprises boost farmer incomes?

A collaboration between technological and value chain enterprises working directly with farmers could help make the farm to fork value chain more organized and efficient, thus increasing returns to cultivators