Kaleem Ullah Khan, known as the 'Mango Man of India,' has revolutionized horticulture by grafting over 300 mango varieties onto a 120-year-old tree in Uttar Pradesh. Despite limited formal education, ...

Walking in the footsteps of his father, Ravi Marshetwar decided to bring a social reform with his skills and ability. Ravi, who earned an engineering degree and worked for 10 years as a Civil Engineer ...

Many people who have space in their compounds somehow never imagine they can grow their very own fruits trees for home consumption in that space. Yet growing grafted fruit trees in your backyard can ...

Mangoes and summers go hand in hand in India. As soon as the season arrives, markets are flooded with all kinds of mango varieties, tempting everyone who passes by. Indians have loved mangoes for ...

Many tropical fruit trees, including mango, avocado and orange, perform better when farmers merge good fruiting characteristics with resistance to disease. To accomplish this, a single stem is placed ...

In Sangli’s drought-prone Antral village, Kakasaheb Sawant built a thriving mango orchard and nursery, grafted 22 varieties on one tree, and created a steady Rs 50 lakh annual income through ...

Kamugisha (standing, right) and his wife, Faustus (wearing a hat) help the farm employees to make grafted mango tree plantlets. PHOTO BY MICHAEL J SSALI Eden Kamugisha of Kisagazi village in Mukungwe ...

With 300 types of mangos to his horticultural credit, Kaleem Ullah Khan is quick to tell anyone in India and beyond about the infinite potential of the fruit and its tree, including as medicine. By ...