Rajendra Pathare, a young farmer from Ralegansiddhi village, has successfully cultivated apples on a barren piece of land thereby squashing preconceived notions of apple being suitable only for regions with cold climate. His successful experiment with an apple variety has shown the path to other farmers who out of curiosity and eagerness to also adopt the cultivation of this fruit in an otherwise unsuitable terrain, are visiting his farm on a regular basis. They will definitely benefit with the availability of another fruit crop which is popular among consumers.
Transforming Lives and Livelihoods
It is a pleasure to present the first four editions of the collection of case stories from the HDFC Bank Parivartan project initiated with the support of the HDFC Bank CSR and implemented by the BAIF Institute…