Rio Olympic Athlete from Netherlands drops out of games to save her horse

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Adelinde Cornelissen, from dressage rider Netherlands decided to pull out from participating in the Olympic games because her horse felt ill and with love towards her horse who has given her everything, didn’t wanted to risk his life for the Olympic game. Here is what she wrote on her facebook describing the events that took … Read more

Meet the “Mango Man” who grows more than 300 varieties of mangoes on single tree – PadmaShri Haji Kalimullah Khan from Lucknow, India

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Haji Kalimullah Khan from Malihabad, Lucknow, India, also called as ‘Mango Man’ has been awarded the Padma Shri in 2008 for his rare technique of growing more than 300 varieties of mangoes of different shapes, sizes and hues on one tree. Khan’s prized tree is about 100 years old on which he started work in … Read more

Radhika Anand, along with Indian Army Planted more than one lakh twenty thousand trees in a year

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52-year-old Radhika Anand, resident of Delhi and a former Air Force Officer’s daughter, has planted more than one lakh twenty thousand saplings in a single year in partnership with the Indian Army. The Trees included in these are mango, tamarind, blackberry, and jackfruit trees which were planted in and around across Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and North … Read more

We are what we eat and plants give us what we feed – TEDx talk by Ramanjaneyulu GV

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Is our food safe? A red alert question that Ramanjaneyulu, puts out to all of us. Hear him talk about the quality of food we are eating. Listen to the reasons we need to adapt to organic farming as a results of excessive use of chemical pesticides and horrifying facts and statistics, surrounding them. He … Read more

Innovative Products from Pelamatic for fruits and vegetables peeling

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Recently we come to know about some of the interesting machines used for peeling fruits and vegetables from Pelamatic located at Valencia, Spain. Do watch the videos of the machines,Orange Peel –  The founder of the company (José Pérez) wanted to make a machine that will peel the many oranges ate. And after a few … Read more

Mitticool – Inspiring story of craftsman who built Refrigerator without electricity

Born in the Prajapati family, originally belonging to the village Nichimandal of Morbi, Rajkot, Mansukhbhai had exposure to the clay tradition since childhood, as this was his family’s traditional profession. He used to load clay from the ponds and fields on the donkey and ferry it to his place. Other than this, his contribution was limited … Read more

Cultivating Hope campaign : NDTV’s initiative to highlight farming crisis

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In 2014, the National Crime Records Bureau of India reported 5,650 farmer suicides. The farmers suicide rate in India has ranged between 1.4 to 1.8 per 100,000 total population, over a 10-year period through 2005. Taking off from this grim reality, NDTV together with Piramal Foundation launches Cultivating Hope campaign which aims at highlighting farmer related … Read more

Ram Saran Verma, Farmer who is changing destiny of others – Inspirational Farmer II

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Ram Saran Verma, 48, from Daulatpur village of Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district, who devised his own hybrid and tissue culture technique to increase crop yields by as much as 300 per cent and chose to share his secret for free; he has imparted his techniques to over 10,000 farmers not just from his own state … Read more

Inspirational Farmers: Story of Chris Koch, from Nanton, Alberta, USA

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Story of Chris Koch, by OWN ( Oprah Winfrey Network ) Everyone knows farming requires hard physical labor. While Apricot Lane Farms has a lot of excellent farmhands, none have been as memorable as Chris. Hear Chris’ extraordinary story. 35-year-old Chris Koch from Nanton, Alberta was born without arms or legs, but that hasn’t stopped him … Read more