Odisha

Bottle gourds above, fish pond below: Odisha farmer’s model earns Rs 8 lakh a year

By growing bottle gourds on a bamboo trellis above his fish pond, Odisha’s farmer Hirod Patel has turned integrated farming into a high-return enterprise. Diversifying into bananas, marigolds, and mangoes, his model now generates over Rs 8 lakh annually