India's National Horticulture Mission (NHM) led by country's agricultural ministry supports a wide
range of horticultural activities. This photo-feature showcases three farmers
who have become successful farmer-entrepreneurs and role-models in their
neighbourhoods by adopting new technologies with NHM assistance.
Ms. Harshida Desai of Uchgaon, Belgaum District, Karnataka, is cultivating garbera in green houses and selling the flowers directly in Bangalore market.
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Garbera green house in bloom
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Harshita with fresh garbera flowers
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Shri Vishwas Chavan of Kohlapur district, Maharashtra, not
only grows bananas, he exports bananas too.
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Vishwas in his banana orchard
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Quality banana ready for export
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Shri Dharamveer of Yamunanagar, Haryana, has taken up
cultivation and processing of Aloe Vera with NHM assistance.
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Dharamveer with aloe sap extraction machine
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Some aloe products made by Dharamveer
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