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Doctor Moringa and Doctor Mushroom

Two women with doctoral degrees - one, a mushroom entrepreneur and the other working with 1,050 farmers to make moringa products, a millet cookie millionaire from Jodhpur, and red dunes in the desert of Tamil Nadu are all part of this newsletter

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Rashmi Pratap
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Doctor Moringa and Doctor Mushroom

Dear Reader,

When we provide good education to a girl child, we sow the seeds of education and prosperity for future generations. An educated woman can educate her children and maybe others around her, be an entrepreneur, create employment for others, and become a role model for thousands. 

The seed of success is sown in the soil of education. Two of our stories this week show how education is the backbone of women's empowerment and entrepreneurship.

My colleague Riya spoke to Dr Kamini Singh, a doctorate in horticulture who quit her government job and now makes organic moringa products. She works with 1050 farmers in and around Lucknow, helping them shift to profitable moringa farming, which has doubled their incomes while halving the efforts. You can read her story here.

Her FPC sources the leaves from farmers, turning them into powder, soaps, oils and other products. The turnover of Doctor Moringa was Rs 1.75 crore in FY24 and Kamini says it will be Rs 2.5 crore in FY25.

Last week, I spoke to a mushroom entrepreneur who has a doctorate in biotechnology. Dr Sonia Dahiya is a college professor, mother, wife and entrepreneur, empowering women in Barwasi village of Sonipat, Haryana. With ample free time during COVID-19, when she was giving online classes, Sonia decided to start something of her own in her village. 

Today, her Dr Dahiya Mushroom Farm produces 10,000 kg of button mushrooms monthly and also makes compost bought by other mushroom farmers. She clocks a turnover of Rs12 lakh monthly and will start a training programme in March this year.

My colleague Anu spoke to Jodhpur-based entrepreneur Amit Soni, who has built a millet cookies business and exports them to Gulf countries. Millets, the ancient coarse grains, are rapidly gaining popularity among health-conscious people.

Over 105 hotels in India buy cookies from RD’z 1983 bakery and Amit is now setting up a new factory. He says the turnover will grow over 12-13 times from Rs1.5 crore to Rs20 crore by FY27 when the new factory is functional to meet the rising demand. 

Our Sunday story is on Theri Kaadu, the red sand desert in Tamil Nadu. Did you know this desert existed in South India? I didn’t! 

Happy Reading!

Warmly,
Rashmi


 

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Scientist quits job to make organic moringa products; annual turnover at Rs 1.75 crore

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How this Haryana professor clocks Rs12 lakh monthly turnover from mushroom farming

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Jodhpur entrepreneur builds Rs1.5 crore millet cookies business, exports to Gulf countries

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Theri Kaadu: The red sand desert in Tamil Nadu

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