Dignity to Farmer & Farmer Friendly Techniques | Chandrashekhar Bhadsavle | TEDxSomaiyaVidyavihar

The presence of a healthy environment plays a crucial role in the sustenance of society, but the Industrial Revolution and subsequent activities have resulted in adverse effects on the environment. Chandrashekhar Bhadsavle has spent most of his life trying to bring harmony between nature and agriculture. He has achieved this at Saguna Baug, where innovations like Saguna Rice Technique have led to recovery of biodiversity. He’s also come up with “Agro-Tourism”, a method to bring dignity back to the profession of farming and to encourage youth to pursue farming.

Chandrashekhar Bhadsavle, is the person behind the success story of Saguna Baug, a popular Agro-tourism hub. After completing his Masters in Food Science and Technology from the University of California, he returned to India in 1976 “to find sustainable, worthwhile livelihood through Farming profession”. He has pioneered the Saguna Rice Technique (SRT) a no-till rice cultivation system, which just might be the answer for rice-growing countries like India to tackle problems of Food Shortage and Global Warming.

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