Meet Arun Chauhan, the Haryana farmer who moved away from paddy to a 75-day sweet corn crop, says he now makes nearly Rs 25 lakh a year, and helped a village build an 80-member, Rs 4-crore farming collective
Arun Chauhan (Photo/Indian Express) In 2004, Arun Chauhan’s family earned around Rs 10,000 from paddy cultivation on their farmland in Manauli village in Haryana’s Sonipat district. Nearly two decades later, the 59-year-old farmer has shifted much of his land to sweet corn and vegetables, says he earns a profit of nearly Rs 25 lakh a…
