Now, learn from India's farmers

Updated On: 31 May, 2013 05:39 AM IST | | Kanika Sharma

This Saturday, be your own farmer by learning organic farming directly from Indian farmers. Part of a unique initiative, let them lead you into their 'digital world of sharing' where they screen films for each other, spreading the organic revolution

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Picture this: scorching heat, a spade in weather-beaten hands, a drop of sweat slowly on tensed calves weeping into rich compost and a judicious humble mouth talking to the camera. Digital Green is a unique initiative that is upping the ante of agricultural practices by introducing the digital medium to India’s farmers. Currently prevalent in Karnataka, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa, this unique social organisation is reaching out to at least 60,000 farmers and 900 villages. With Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Ministry of Rural Development as investors, this non-profit organisation has made heads turn and listen, since 2008.u00a0

A farmer being interviewed and shot by women volunteers for Digital Green