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Magic Mushroomsedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Bio entrepreneur Arpit Dhupar lives in Delhi. Sometime in 2019, a year before the clouds of Covid-19 spread its wings, he was watching his three-year-old nephew paint a cityscape. To his shock, the skies were grey, instead of blue. The young artist was merely translating on paper what he is used to—the ugly reality of Delhi, engulfed in smoke caused by pollution and stubble burning in Punjab. This got 30-year-old Dhupar thinking. The search for an alternate solution to ecowaste led him to launch Dharaksha Ecosolutions in partnership with his college mate Anand Bodh in 2020.
Dairy Farming
MooFarm is transforming the livelihood of farmers with its ‘Dairy as a Service’ modeledit
NewsDayExpress – Online
According to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), over 500 million poor people depend primarily on livestock, and many of them are small and marginal dairy farmers. These farmers depend on dairy farming for their daily livelihood, but due to lack of technology and modern equipment, this sector has been affected to a great extent. After carefully studying the dairy ecosystem over the years, MooFarm was launched in 2019. The idea was to enhance the profitability of farmers through intervention in three critical areas of dairy farming: input (cattle+feed), output (milk) and advisory services. With a team of young professionals and visionary entrepreneurs, MooFarm is successfully scaling its operations and continuously working towards revolutionizing ...
Paddy in India
Kharif paddy area improves marginallyedit
The New Indian Express – Online
With some districts of the state receiving adequate rainfall in the last one week, area under paddy cultivation this kharif season has marginally improved to 53 per cent (pc) from 63 pc shortfall in the previous week. The situation, however, is still not encouraging as more than half of the targetted crop coverage area has not been met yet.
Stubble Burning
Magic Mushroomsedit
The New Indian Express – Online
Bio entrepreneur Arpit Dhupar lives in Delhi. Sometime in 2019, a year before the clouds of Covid-19 spread its wings, he was watching his three-year-old nephew paint a cityscape. To his shock, the skies were grey, instead of blue. The young artist was merely translating on paper what he is used to—the ugly reality of Delhi, engulfed in smoke caused by pollution and stubble burning in Punjab. This got 30-year-old Dhupar thinking. The search for an alternate solution to ecowaste led him to launch Dharaksha Ecosolutions in partnership with his college mate Anand Bodh in 2020.