Articles by Manipadma Jena
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Solar-Powered Water Pumps Struggle to See the Light
Manipadma Jena – Inter Press Service-IPS,
21 Jan 2013
When twenty-nine-year-old Kartik Wahi graduated from the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago, Illinois in 2010, he wasted no time in returning to India to self-finance a start-up company to market solar-powered irrigation pumps. Working on a shoestring budget together with two partners, the young entrepreneur was convinced that the benefits of this renewable energy initiative would make a huge difference in some of India’s largest agricultural regions.
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Manipadma Jena – InterPress Service-IPS,
13 Sep 2010
“Certainly easier to pop open a can of chemical pesticide, mix water in proportion, spray, and be done,” admits Narayana. But since the 42-year-old farmer went organic, he has cheerfully gotten rid of shortcuts like using store-bought pesticides and now spends hours mixing anti-pest brews with ingredients that can be found at home or even in the fields. That means Narayana’s land and produce will no longer have the kind of toxins they were subjected to when he was still using chemicals to grow crops. Narayana himself will also escape being exposed to toxins that are commonly found in manufactured pesticides.
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