Monthly advisory of onion and garlic crop for the month of June 2025Our Success Stories
Empowering Women: Kukadi Mahila Swayam Sahayata Samuha
Palanduh Farmer Producer Company (FPC) represents a remarkable example of collective success in agriculture. Established to address the challenges faced by onion farmers in Vijayapura, Karnataka, the FPC has united over 1,000 farmers, collectively cultivating 12,000 acres of onions. Supported by ABI ICAR-DOGR, the FPC has developed a robust value chain...
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Farmer Collectivization: Palanduh Farmer Producer Company
Palanduh Farmer Producer Company (FPC) represents a remarkable example of collective success in agriculture. Established to address the challenges faced by onion farmers in Vijayapura, Karnataka, the FPC has united over 1,000 farmers, collectively cultivating 12,000 acres of onions. Supported by ABI ICAR-DOGR, the FPC has developed a robust value chain...
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From Dream to Reality: Pratil Langote’s Journey in Agri-Entrepreneurship
Pratil Langote turned his dream of entrepreneurship into a successful agribusiness venture. Recognizing the potential of value-added products, he focused on processing onion, garlic, moringa, and beetroot into powders and strips. Mentorship from ABI ICAR-DOGR guided him through business planning, product development, and market entry...
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Empowering Farmers Through Innovation: The Story of Shreya Trading Company
Vivek Bhujbal transformed his passion for trading into a thriving agribusiness. Initially focused on fruit and vegetable trading, Vivek identified an opportunity to process surplus farm produce into value-added products. With the mentorship of ABI ICAR-DOGR, he launched Shreya Trading Company, specializing in onion and garlic powders, moringa powder, and coriander products...
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Transforming Garlic into Gold: Alunt Agro Products Pvt. Ltd.
Sunil Shamrao Ingawale’s Alunt Agro Products introduced black garlic to the Indian market, leveraging its nutritional benefits. Extensive research led Sunil to develop a unique fermentation process, creating a product rich in antioxidants. ABI ICAR-DOGR provided critical support through technical guidance, lab testing, and patent facilitation...
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Reviving Tribal Heritage: Vanastha
Vanastha, founded by Sushma Shinde, revives the traditional use of the mahua tree among tribal communities. The tree’s declining utilization due to its association with liquor production prompted Sushma to innovate, creating Ayurvedic products such as mahua ladoos and diabetic-friendly rice varieties...
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Revolutionizing Onion Storage: Godaam Innovations
Kalyani Shinde’s Godaam Innovations addresses the pressing issue of post-harvest onion losses. Growing up in Lasalgaon, Asia’s largest onion market, she witnessed the hardships caused by spoilage and price fluctuations. Motivated to find a solution, she founded Godaam Innovations in 2018...
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Innovating Onion Processing: The Story of Satpro Food Processing
Swati Maichael Gaikwad, a dynamic entrepreneur from Daund, Pune, established Satpro Food Processing (OPC) Pvt. Ltd. with support from the Agri-Business Incubator (ABI) at ICAR-Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research, Pune...
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'One Variety One Village': Empowering Marginalized Farmers
Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra one of largest onion producer districts in Maharashtra. However the productivity of onion is low. Scheduled cast farmers were doing the traditional farming without adoption of improved technologies which led to low productivity in Onion....
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Bhima Kiran - A Success Story
Bhima Kiran, a light red onion variety with good storability developed by ICAR-DOGR, has transformed onion farming in Maharashtra and adjoining states...
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Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav Impact
Under ‘Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav’ scheme, DOGR scientists guided farmers of the adopted villages. Shri Ravindra Namdeo Gorde, farmer of Gosasi village, District Pune was one of them. He has narrated that he got tremendous increase in onion bulb yield after applying ICAR-DOGR technologies.
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Bhima Shubhra - The King of Onion
Shri Namdeorao Adhau from Akola achieved record yields with Bhima Shubhra, the white onion variety that impressed even the Hon'ble President of India...
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Bhima Purple Garlic Revolution
Mr. Vishnu Jare's success with Bhima Purple garlic has inspired cultivation across 600 acres in multiple states, earning farmers over ₹1.0 lakh/acre...
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