Reviving Soil Health Through Earthworms: Creating wealth via Vermicompost
Yash Dayal Sharma, inspired by Dr A P J Abdul Kalam's vision, shifted his focus to agriculture to address India's soil degradation issue.
With a certification in organic farming, he founded Fertile Beeghas, transforming over 2,500 tonnes of organic waste into vermicompost and training 2,500 farmers.
Recognizing the decline in Soil Organic Carbon content, he aims to improve soil fertility by training 10,000 farmers and emphasizing the importance of soil health for a better India.
Key Highlights:
- Yash Dayal Sharma, inspired by Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, shifted his focus to agriculture to address soil degradation issues in India.
- He founded Fertile Beeghas to produce vermicompost from organic waste, transforming over 2,500 tonnes and providing training to 2,500 farmers in organic farming.
- Yash aims to improve soil fertility by treating soil as a living entity and plans to train over 10,000 farmers across the country.
- The degradation of India's agricultural land, with over 29 percent degraded, is a worrying trend due to the increasing population and decreasing cultivable land.
- Yash's vision is to contribute to the betterment of the nation by focusing on agriculture and improving the lives of farmers as well as agricultural land.
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