It is unusual for educated youths in India to take up agriculture as their profession, as they usually look for white collar jobs. However, a 35-year-old BE Agricultural Engineering graduate believes that he can make a difference by adopting modern farming technologies.
When the horticultural officials were looking for progressive farmers to set up poly greenhouses as part of the National Horticulture Mission in Karur district, R. Bala Saravanan of Erumapatti near Aravakurichi readily came forward to grab the opportunity along with his sister Dhanapakkiam.
Using his own ideas, experience, educational background, and knowledge, he has gone one step ahead by forming semi-automated poly greenhouse to cultivate vegetables on a 1,000 square metre area.