"Before I learnt about microgreens farming, we struggled with low yields on our farm," says Kuldeep Singh, a 38-year-old farmer from Ferozepur, Punjab. "We used to grow cauliflower, wheat, and other traditional crops, but no matter how hard we tried, the land was not giving us enough. We could only harvest so much with the same space, and it was hard to make a living."
His story is similar to many farmers across India, where limited resources and small land holdings often present a significant challenge. For years, he and his father struggled with low yields on their small farm.
However, a chance meeting with Mohit Nijhawan at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), who has built a successful business in microgreens farming, opened a new door for him. For Mohit Nijhawan, from Chandigarh, the corporate world was all he knew for over two decades. He had established a successful career in the pharmaceutical industry and was serving as the regional head at Sanofi-Genzyme in 2020. But as he rose the corporate ladder, he had to shift his focus to the health issues that were unfolding in his own family.
"My mother-in-law was diagnosed with stage-four cancer and expired just eight months later. Then, my sister-in-law also succumbed to cancer. It was like a heavy cloud hanging over our family," the 46-year-old tells The Better India.
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