Existing cultivation systems in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh have been severely impacted over the last 3 decades by the green revolution based process techniques. Expensive use of chemical inputs led to a severe impact on the producers’ livelihood besides increasing cost of cultivation and affecting the income of 90% of the rural population. Therefore, a shift in on-farm programs and production process towards a low-input and high output farming system is the only Sustainable Agricultural alternative. Farmers like Sushma Chauhan and Ajay Rattan have taken to it wholeheartedly changing their farming methods and increasing the productivity and income. While Sushma was a graduate with an interest in horticulture and Ajay an engineer, both found the answer to their search for sustainable agriculture in PK3Y. Sushma and Ajay are now the self proclaimed ambassadors of the scheme in their village and families... Read More