Aiming to revolutionize agriculture in Northeast India through sustainable and innovative farming practices, a group of educated youth have initiated high technology-driven farming of exotic crops and herbs here at Rawanboi in Sualkuchi in a climate-controlled polyhouse (CCPH).
The group consists of four members Hemanga Baishya, founder CEO; Bikram Basumatary, chief technical officer; Pabitra Kumar Baishya, managing director; and Pragyan Jyoti Goswami chief marketing officer of Studio Greens, a unit of Maa Kameshawari Agro Products LLP.
The group members grow clean, fresh and responsibly cultivated produce using smart farming techniques in a poly house that is spread in 1,056 square metre, which can house 24,000 plants. In this technique instead of soil, a solution of water, and micro and macro nutrients is used for plants to grow in artificially-controlled temperature.
Water requirement in hydroponics is 90 per cent less than conventional farming which ensures the health of crops and supports a cleaner and greener future. The crop besides being greener than the crops in traditional farming, can be carried out throughout the whole year.
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