Eco India: Small apple growers are reaping profits by becoming owners of a sustainable value chain

[@hiteshjusta1731]

i am an apple grower from shimla and it feels great when you cover stories like these.

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

We worked in Jubbal area at Paronthi, khada pathar and ko lada

[@devivinod]

what is that water like liquid in which they put apples before putting in boxes

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

s cleaning of apples in a channel. Fresh clean water water only.

[@humanbng7123]

Now a days farming is better than engineering..Keep going👍

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

Human Bng if farming and engineering combined as partnerships for prosperity it would become win-win.

[@handl3_me]

This is really amazing for small farmers, am sure they're grateful for all these improvements, especially financially. Well done to the organisers 😊

[@shrijas19]

This partnership bring happiness to all stakeholders by improving their situations financially, socially and ecologically. Thanks to social business kuenselonline.com/unique-opportunities-for-a-fair-and-just-economy-in-bhutan/

[@Axat_Krishnatray]

Yes, Govt should more encourage to tree based plantation, it help for both Farmers and environment.

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

After Utrrakhand flash flood of 2013 GOI’s power sectors PSUs agreed to provide funds from their CSR for restoration of farmers livelihood but never reached to them in Gangotri area. The committees has been formed at districts, state and GOI level.

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

True but in government system there are lack of focus on implementing these types of ventures with communities. As an example a CSR project of power sector companies of GOI was sanctioned for livelihood restoration of the farmers in Gangotri area affected by 2013 flash flood but nodal agency THDC India never released the funds due to unknown reasons.

[@arnapaul2617]

It is good to see the improved condition of these farmers

[@shrijas19]

Partnerships of farmers collectives and social investors to build value chains could deliver more venture like this.

[@arvindaswal8607]

This is really amazing for our small and marginal farmers ,i hope our uttarakhand government focus more such project ,my native place many acre of land in {दड्डवा} today there is barren land where apple was once cultivated.

[@shrijas19]

Collective farming linked with market always a need for farmers prosperity and national food security.

[@aloma1501]

Wow I'm super impressed by the technology and waste reduction. This model should be implemented in all states. I'm so happy that not only the farmer gets his due but also a part of the profit. Great job guys. Wish you success in all your endeavours. Lots of love and blessings from Mumbai. 🙏

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

Thanks for the words for encouragement. We all stakeholders at www.himalayanapples.com are dedicated to keep the businesses with socioeconomic returns successfully operational with vision of replication in other areas.

[@shrijas19]

This eventually farmers owned businesses now prepared for replication. A new company Annamrit Kalash for Maharashtra has been registered.

[@kmh9817]

We are developing.

[@vinay007parab]

Feels good to see our indian farmers achieve great heights

[@shrijas19]

When we think www.farmersasowners.org these results are visible.

[@gtanj]

It is great to see people flourish in harmony with nature.

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

We are now prepared to replicate the model in other parts of India for multiple crops with like minded farmers collectives, value chain businesses and social investors to build back better from damage due to COVID-19 pandemic.

[@maazkalim]

What “damage”?

[@shrijas19]

The lockdown announced by governments to limit the spread of infectious disease damaged the businesses, supply chains and employment opportunities. Restoration of these all during unlocking by building partnerships in solidarity with stakeholders is necessary.

[@nirbhaysingh6415]

Laxmi Prakash Semwal All Best Wishes to you and team for this game changer. Fantastic

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

Nirbhay Singh ji thanks.

[@srinivasanr245]

Appreciate the vision... 100% profit to farmers... Is an excellent vision

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

The partnership of farmers collectives, value chain businesses and social investors could bring the happiness to allkuenselonline.com/unique-opportunities-for-a-fair-and-just-economy-in-bhutan/

[@jibinjacob.]

Thanks be to God 🙏 May our farmers prosper and provide our nation with good quality food. If useless middlemen are removed from the chain, both farmers and consumers will benefit.

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

As per this social business model partnering with value chain businesses by replacing middlemen has been practiced. Removing creat a vacuum to allow another layer of greed.

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

JarJarBinks this model a step ahead as hybrid of cooperatives with corporate partnerships to realise the blended values of social and economic returns both at same time.

[@anubhavgupta774]

Thank you eco india team .... It really put smile on my face .... knowing these efforts improved lives of many

[@maazkalim]

Don't forget to watch the original-telecast on DW® English's global feed.. ...At 2100 hrs IST. It's worth the initiative, and.. *BONUS:* The full-episodes premiere by at least 1½ days earlier.

[@anubhavgupta774]

@@maazkalim thanks for the information

[@knightofgodserventofholymo7500]

This kinds of groups are necessary in whole India...tears came from my eyes when I heard that few months back the middle men bought onions at 50 paise from Maharashtra farmers

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

If farmers collectivised and build partnerships with value chain businesses it could possible for any crop everywhere.

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

Anirudh k farmers collectives and value chain businesses jointly can overcome the challenges of economic policies of government.

[@maazkalim]

.@@laxmiprakashsemwal8626 How so? By being declared as Maoists/Naxalites and every other "BAAAADDD" thingy in the information-warfare at the altar of a neo world-religion dubbed ‘nAtIOnaL sEcuRiTy’? Or better yet.. By organising _havana_ and _mahayajna_ ?

[@Suryamani77]

This is the true example of Atmanirbhar Bharat. Instead of shelling out lacs of crores of taxpayers money to crony capitalists, schemes and movements like these should be encouraged. But this won't happen on a countrywide scale as the parties that come to power are funded by the very cronies who don't want anyone to challenge their monopoly and unethical ways of business.

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

Suryamani Goswami this is true as this initiative also started and managed as a social business financially supported by a social investment organisation www.farmersasowners.org From government support for livelihood restoration after 2013 flash flood was sanctioned through THDC India but never reached to farmers and still laying in their bank account.

[@durgadangwal8269]

अति सुंदर भाइ

[@nirbhaysingh6415]

Brilliant and the need of the hour

[@AmitKumarAlphaX]

Great 😍😍😍😍

[@prasanthgrandhi]

I love your channel. I eagerly wait for your videos every week.

[@maazkalim]

The ‘Eco India®’ one?

[@prasanthgrandhi]

@@maazkalim yes the eco india one

[@humanbng7123]

Great guys! Cover more stories like this👍

[@aleenaprasannan2146]

Seems like even just access to cold storage can help the farmers get better incomes. We really need to get this technology accessible to every single village in India

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

If farmers can improve their holding capacity for longer time they will bargain better with businesses.

[@Dhruv.k]

It was against law to hoard, as it came under essentials commodities act now they can

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

dhruv kumar this is the store of the farmers by the farmers fir the farmers as owners in favour of consumers as this is the only solution as import substitution.

[@Dhruv.k]

@@laxmiprakashsemwal8626 bhai kya likha hai...koi nai tu hindi ma hi likhde

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

dhruv kumar जी ये सी० ए० स्टोर सेब उत्पादक किसानों की संयुक्त साझेदारी में उन्हीं के द्वारा, उन्हीं के अंततोगत्वा स्वामित्व में में उन्हीं के द्वारा संचालित है जो देश की सेब आयत में व्यय की जा रही बहुमूल्य धनराशि को बचाने के साथ उपभोगताओं के लिए भी लाभदायक है। ruralmarketing.in/industry/agriculture/uttarakhand-apple-farmers-become-shareholders-in-jv

[@bhagyalakshmi3583]

We also should do kitchen garden

[@akanksha1296]

oija vee bahut hi bhal lago uttarakhand dekh ber!!

[@maazkalim]

German?!?°

[@akanksha1296]

@@maazkalim Kumaoni from the uttarakhand state of India

[@harpalsinhdodiya8765]

Eco India keep it up

[@maazkalim]

Don't forget to watch the original-telecast on DW® English's global feed.. ...At 2100 hrs IST. It's worth the initiative, and.. *BONUS:* The full-episodes premiere by at least 1½ days earlier.

[@abdulbabusalam]

Great video .. seeing those fresh apples in the morning feels refreshing

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

kuenselonline.com/unique-opportunities-for-a-fair-and-just-economy-in-bhutan/ Is an initiative to build partnerships.

[@MySNova]

Love you scroll 😘

[@arunabhbanerjee]

Superb🙏🏾

[@rainbowxxbat]

I sold apple at 1.5 crore in Hp . Nashpati for 32 lakh . Plums at 7lakh. Labour was a problem this season but it’s ok.

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

Congratulations.

[@janardhanreddy4971]

I love the speakers voice.❤️

[@bhavinshukla428]

So true. I think after a long break of approx 2 months the voiceover lady is back with eco team :-)

[@humanbng7123]

Yes it's so peaceful

[@dharmateja22]

Well, basically don't have to move away from villages. This model should be replicated all over India. The Indian villages of the future should be technological and resource powerhouse. Cities are highly overrated and crowded.

[@shrijas19]

One of the objective of this initiative is to overcome the difficulties of our migration in Uttrakhand hills.

[@bhavinshukla428]

Amazing... effort. I always wanted to go and see the apple farms, Now I have a reason to educate myself :-)

[@dabro4963]

Quality videos from scroll. Thank you.

[@maazkalim]

DW & Scroll* There! FTFY 😊

[@SahilKumar-dc5ph]

Thanks for this type of content

[@maazkalim]

Don't forget to watch the original-telecast on DW® English's global feed.. ...At 2100 hrs IST. It's worth the initiative, and.. *BONUS:* The full-episodes premiere by at least 1½ days earlier.

[@aishwaryathapliyal3707]

Amazing

[@winfredj9820]

awesome :clap

[@shreyakommuri3929]

wow! This is so amazing.

[@suyashgupta87]

Always get excited when i see your new videos.

[@maazkalim]

The ‘Eco India®’ bi-platform series or..?

[@suyashgupta87]

@@maazkalim Eco India specially. I like the dw docus too, but the focus that eco India brings to India centric green innovations specially in rural India is amazing.

[@maazkalim]

Ahh... Haven't watched DW® English for long-enough. But I have grown to love their AJE®'s Mr Mehdi Hasan's interview-style in conducting interviews. One-on-one, _sans_ the oh-so-unfamiliar shouting and yearning to just jump at each other!( TOTAL understatement of ratings-driven Indian mainstream press. Since I don't believe in binaries, 'course not the absolute.) _Vide_ ‘DW®'s Conflict Zone™’, presented by a Murican journalist. I don't enough viewing-experience in DW® Documentary, the only other significantly-reliable international pubcaster to have their distinct documentary-making operations. My insight into them is[ creamless] wafer-thin. However, if you really do like DW® Documentary channel - may I recommend one? *Edit Note:* Fixed my typos. 😬😬😬

[@suyashgupta87]

@@maazkalim sure, why not.

[@maazkalim]

Alright.. Here it is: *"Land of Broken Promises" by Stéphane Girard* I found it both engaging, narrative-wise - and( *micro-spoilers ahead:* )... ...Underwhelming, because perhaps owing to the scope and time-restrictions of the DW®'s ‘Close Up®’ documentary-strand and obviously, old-school Journalism strictly abhors commentary [ which includes positing _solutions_ ] - it comes across as a wafer-thin analysis, given its setting. However, still bold enough given the political-climate across most of the "First World" in shutting-off critical, non-academic discourse pertaining to that geopolitical-entity.

[@pavansanni1304]

Wowwww

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

so far no government support reached to these farmers organisations and businesses promoted by www.annamrit.com as a social investor. Once the support was sanctioned by NDMA government if India for livelihood restoration of 2013 flash flood effected Apple growers of Gangotri area but the implementing agency THDC India never released the funds despite a decision on a PIL of women’s cooperatives.

[@maggikandpal7522]

Wanna buy house in uttarakhand so can live a peaceful life and farming but I m not sure which place ...now I think this place seems right..

[@jagratrajrana]

Its not easy to buy property in Uttarakhand by outsiders.

[@maggikandpal7522]

@@jagratrajrana thanks for info but I m from uttarkhand....

[@jagratrajrana]

@@maggikandpal7522 no problem then.. I'm from Uttarakhand too.

[@govindnarasimman6819]

i am an nri . I dont see much avenues to invest in such ventures.

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

There are lot of possibilities but we need the right selection of areas, crops and producers collectives to start a feasibility study and investment plan to start a partnership model of social businesses.

[@niharikalahajal6999]

Yahapar cherry ugana chahie i💕cherry blossom

[@princenegi1886]

How can someone from Himachal join this?

[@shrijas19]

We have already started our Apple collection centres at villages named Parinthi, Badhal and Khadapathar of Jubbal area in Shimla district.

[@princenegi1886]

@@shrijas19 great....is it available in Kinnaur too?

[@maazkalim]

Ahh...! So the episodes are uploaded 2 days post-global premiere on.. ...linear TV, huh? 😏 Eureka...! ☺️

[@rawat2608]

The best thing that happened to Uttarakhand is getting separate d from UP

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

This initiative is required for farmers ownership over value chain businesses required everywhere without taking the geopolitical, socioeconomic or environmental sectional division.

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

Corruption at higher level of executive functionaries is the main problem in replication of the model.

[@khushbootopno9826]

This is called aatm nirbhar project

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

Rather than aatmanirbhar this one is paraspar Aashrit.

[@khushbootopno9826]

@@laxmiprakashsemwal8626 ok

[@maazkalim]

"Modi The Messiah", alright? 😏

[@laxmiprakashsemwal8626]

Ma'az Kalim if anyone one really wants to be self reliant there is no one to stop but if someone has a dependency on anybody it difficult to escape from daydreaming. Building partnerships on specific self strengths is the key for prosperity and happiness.

[@maazkalim]

@@laxmiprakashsemwal8626 Why are you repping OP? Are you a sock? If you're not, then Thanks but No Thanks because if I'm open to receiving any reply for my comment here - it's for her.

[@lathaviji9164]

Pls support stop eia2020 bill from passing to save our environment...

[@maazkalim]

...Is that for fellow commenters?

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[@maazkalim]

The relevance of your work to this video being?

[@rawat2608]

@@maazkalim Looks like you have wqy too much free time 😛