Abhishek Dharma who first broached the idea to ditch engineering to make a career in the farming, the farmers of north Delhi's Palla village mocked him by calling him 'Mr Stevia'. Abhishek started his farming with that plant, which is a natural sweetener. Dharma took up agriculture three years ago and did not let anybody bother him.
However, it is not easy going for him to sell the produce. He found no takers to buy his bumper produce of Stevia, but he planned to grow at least four crops at a time; bok choy, drumsticks, radish and broccoli. He worked out an excel sheet to record daily crop prices so that he can benefit from the information that can predict the prices.
After the diversification of his harvest, he found a market for his produce.