Farming
in Kodai Hills
LEADERS IN INDIAN AGRICULTURE MARKET
Grow by Green Foundation is the first integrated single window platform for consultancy, production management services, handholding show-how projects, and connecting the missing links in the agricultural business world “Plug and Play and Buy Own Operate Transfer – BOOT Model” in Agricultural Segment.
Thapovan, the group company of Grow by Green Foundation is a part of the All India Village Economic Development forum New Delhi (Part of PM’s AATMA NIRBHAR SCHEME).
WHY COMMUNITY FARMING
For many years, the agriculture industry has been with the farmers on a village level. Considering the past few years, many educated entrepreneurs interested in organic farming, production, and trading have emerged successful in India. Unexpected changes in the economy have made the mid-segment corporate professionals seek alternate revenue streams and thereby resulting in agri-entrepreneurship and employment in the Agri industry.
Post the pandemic in 2021, working at home has already created a lot of stress and insecurity in the life of an IT professional during which many have lost their jobs or are still working under extremely stressful work environments and stretched work hours. Many entrepreneurs have also revenue in their business and the volume in sales have reduced due to corona worldwide and especially in India. They are seeking alternate investment opportunities and revenue streams in agriculture.
These environmental influences have made most of us think about community farming as a solution to get out of the unstable financial situation prevailing post-pandemic. The light at the end of the tunnel seems to be agriculture for us. Community Farming works based on Agri productivity and scalability along with the support of technology in agriculture and the knowledge in IT as a business model.
AGRICULTURE MATTERS TO THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT
40+ YEARS
CHAIRMAN
Thapovan is promoted by Mr. S. Dheenadhayalan, a visionary concept entrepreneur in the Agri segment. An HRD professional and a management consultant for more than 40 yrs from 1980 (www.leadhi.in), after his fifties he decided to settle down in an Agri atmosphere upon professional retirement.
His journey in agriculture started in 2008. Initially, he experimented with agriculture in a small way and kept himself engaged with it until a couple of years. He made use of his farmhouses and those of his friends for the initial activities. After 2016, his focus shifted to the concept of now widely popular Community Farming (Organic) and Farm Tourism and Farmstay Accommodation model in the tourism industry.