OCA Farmer Stories

Samina Bibi, a 47-year-old organic cotton farmer, who started experimenting with neem leaves and wild Kaur tuma plant, boiling them into a homemade bio-pesticide, her pest control costs dropped by roughly 40 percent.

Muhammad Aslam, an inspirational organic cotton farmer who has become a role model for his fellow farmers in Cheel, a village located in the Khuzdar district of Pakistan.

Abdul Razzaq, a 42-year-old organic cotton farmer from Tehsil Nal, Khuzdar, has become a source of inspiration and is leading the path for others to take up organic cotton farming.

Organic cotton farmer Chandra based in Bandhapari, Odisha talks to us about the complex factors in crop rotation.

Likha, a 54-year-old farmer living in Binjwarya Choraha village, Rajasthan shares his story on soil improvement after switching to organic.

Chandraram is a 42-year-old farmer in based in Maliyo Ki Dhani village, Rajasthan who tells us of the positive impact of organic cultivation, especially on his family’s health and wellbeing.

In-conversion cotton farmer Kerli, from Awali village in the state of Madhya Pradesh, is in her first year after making the decision to switch to organic from conventional. In her story she shares her journey to organic, the impact of lower costs and the positive impact on her family’s health.

Dipak from Kutki village, Maharashtra who recently changed from conventional to organic cotton growing tells us the reasons he made the switch.

Established cotton farmer, Sanjay shares his story on how switching to organic cultivation has helped him develop financial stability.

For three decades, tribal farmer Narsingh Bharmne grew cotton using conventional methods, in his story he tells us why converting to organic methods made such a difference.