Punjab State Farmers’ & Farm Workers’ Commission
| S. No. | Innovative Farmer | Occupation | Image | Click to read Success Story |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sukhwinder Singh Grewal | Piggery |  | How a Punjab farmer turned pig rearing into a multi-crore enterprise… read more |
| 2 | Gurnam Singh | Horticulture |  | PCS aspirant to millionaire: How a hybrid melon gave this Punjab farmer success… read more |
| 3 | Harpreet Singh | Vegetables |  | ‘My mother once lived in a house without a fan, she has an AC room today’: How this Punjab farmer built an empire by growing off-season crops… read more |
| 4 | Jaswinder Singh, Varinder Singh & Gurjant Singh | Palm Tree Farming |  | Washingtonia from Kolkata to Punjab: With their ‘palms’, brothers trio strike green gold… read more |
| 5 | Amrit Singh Chahal | Zero-Budget Natural Farming |  | Beyond wheat, paddy: How a farmer’s seed bank and zero-budget natural farming boost earnings and preserve biodiversity… read more |
| 6 | Mani Kaler | Nursery Cultivation |  | This Sangrur farmer rests his fields for 4 months yet earns Rs 70L profit annually… read more |
| 7 | Arvinder Singh Kang | Seedless Cucumbers |  | Decade and a failed biz later, Punjab’s Hoshiarpur farmer finds success and money in seedless cucumbers… read more |
| 8 | Joga Singh | Medicinal Plants |  | How a retired teacher grows a classroom of medicinal plants in Punjab’s Malerkotla village… read more |
| 9 | Gurpreet Singh Saraan | Wild Vegetables |  | Singapore streets to Punjab fields: Man turns ‘wild’ vegetable into lucrative biz… read more |
| 10 | Sukhwinder Singh Patwari | Sugarcane Juice Bar |  | A cane venture on the sly in Punjab’s Fategarh Sahib, a sweet success to savour… read more |
| 11 | Harmanpreet Singh Jhand | Exotic Fruit – Avocado |  | Experiments with avocado: How 2 farmers are going exotic with ‘not so Punjab’ fruits… read more |
| 12 | Nirmal Singh & Paramjit Singh | Cauliflower |  | Technique, timetable, training: How Punjab’s farmers are earning millions from cabbage, cauliflower… read more |
| 13 | Narinder Singh | Diversified Agriculture |  | From Dubai’s highways to Punjab’s orchards: ‘Farming not just a livelihood, it’s a fulfilling life’… read more |
| 14 | Sukhdeep Singh | Marigolds |  | Paddy to petals: Sangrur farmer finds prosperity in marigold, has eyes set on roses… read more |
| 15 | Sukhwinder Pal Singh | Agri Processing |  | Troubled by middlemen, farmer starts processing his produce, becomes entrepreneur… read more |
| 16 | Angrej Singh | Beekeeping |  | Marginal farmer to a global honey supplier: Journey of a 30-yr-old beekeeper… read more |
| 17 | Meet Balraj Singh Sidhu | Purple Jamuns |  | Jamunawala Pind: How a farmer inspired his village to adopt fruit economy… read more |
| 18 | Dr. Simarjit Singh | Fruits |  | 15 yrs, 5 acres: How a small farmer grew a thriving business of 80 crops… read more |
| 19 | Bikramjit Singh | Organic Farming |  | The ‘organic’ growth: a farmer’s journey to creating Rs 100-crore turnover firm… read more |
| 20 | Rajinder Kaur Virk & Gurnam Singh Virk | Fruit Orchard |  | Beyond dollars: Farmer couple’s reverse migration push, son to quit Canada job to work in family’s fruit orchard … read more |
| 21 | Baljit Singh Gill | Mushroom Cultivation |  | How a 35-yr-old farmer has mushroomed a success story in this Sangrur village… read more |
| 22 | Raman Salaria, Kulwinder Kaur & Paramvir Singh | High-value Crops |  | Seeds of change: Transition to high-value crops like strawberry, dragon fruit helps Punjab farmers earn Rs 5-6 lakh per acre… read more |
| 23 | Bachittar Singh Garcha | Soya Milk |  | Sorrow to success: A potato farmer in debt turns soya milk pioneer… read more |
| 24 | Sidharth Dadwal | Litchi |  | From layoff to litchi: How a Pathankot youth finally tasted success… read more |
| 25 | Phuman Singh Kaurra | Carrot Cultivation |  | ‘Who says agriculture is not profitable’: Meet Punjab carrot farmer who defies the notion… read more |
| 26 | Gurpreet Singh | Organic Sugarcane & Jaggery |  | How this Faridkot farmer packs a sweet cane punch with innovation… read more |
| 27 | Baldev Singh Cheema | Mushroom Cultivation |  | Mushrooming in semi-hilly Hoshiarpur, success story of a ‘transplanted’ farmer… read more |
| 28 | Nachhatar Singh Brar | High-value Cash Crops |  | ‘Rethink farming if you aren’t earning Rs 3-4 lakh per acre’: Punjab farmer who turned 2.5 acres into a goldmine… read more |
| 29 | Surinder Singh Randhawa | Rajma Farming |  | From plate to the field: How Punjab’s rajma king ‘cashed’ on the legume to grow a fortune… read more |
| 30 | Bal Krishan | Basmati Rice |  | How a Sangrur farmer transformed 50 acres with the ‘golden grain’… read more |
| 31 | Davinder Singh Burra | Groundnuts |  | Breaking ground with groundnut farming, a block shows how to diversify… read more |
| 32 | Manjeet Singh | Onion Seeds & Nurseries |  | From debt to riches: In debt, he mortgaged wife’s earrings, then he sowed ‘seeds of prosperity’ and now makes Rs. 25 lakh /annum … read more |
| 33 | Manpreet Singh | Soybean Cultivation |  | In soybean, farmers find a gamechanger, Hoshiarpur shows the way… read more |
| 34 | Balbir Singh | Desi Murgi |  | For this agri-allied farmer, desi murgi came before eggs, and then came the big bucks… read more |
| 35 | Amandeep Kaur Dhaliwal | Integrated Farming |  | What my husband earns in Canada, I match right from integrated farming in Punjab: Amandeep Kaur Dhaliwal… read more |
| 36 | Balwinder Singh | Super-SMS Innovation |  | Balwinder Singh’s crusade: ‘Super-SMS and educating farmers come in handy in tackling farm fire in Punjab’… read more |
| 37 | Shamsher Singh | Chilli Cultivation |  | Breaking free from wheat, marginal farmers in Ferozepur start chilli cultivation, uplift others… read more |
| 38 | Satkar Singh Romana | Sahiwal Cows |  | How Sahiwal cows made a Faridkot farmer turn to tradition, reap benefits… read more |
| 39 | Amandeep Singh Mangat | Paddy Straw Management |  | A stubble to success story: How a marginal farmer in Ludhiana built a debt-free future through paddy straw management… read more |
| 40 | Dr. Pankaj Kumar | Moringa Powder |  | Breaking free from wheat-paddy cycle: Nawanshahr farmer exports moringa powder worth Rs 1.5 crore to Germany… read more |
| 41 | Kulwinder Kaur | Dairy Entrepreneurship |  | Patiala village’s Kulwinder Kaur breaking ground in the field of dairy entrepreneurship… read more |
| 42 | Dalip Singh | Integrated Farming |  | Faridkot farmer’s formula: Innovation, daily earnings, zero debt, 120% happiness… read more |
| 43 | Bhupinder Singh Rode | Garlic |  | Cashing in on a cash crop: Sowing seeds of success, Moga farmer hits goldmine with garlic… read more |
| 44 | Manjit Singh | Haldi |  | How a landless farmer from Punjab’s Faridkot weaved a success story by growing haldi… read more |
| 45 | Raja Ram | Desi Cotton |  | How a sasur-bahu duo is redefining desi cotton cultivation in Sirsa… read more |
| 46 | Yadveer Singh Gill | Integrated Farming |  | Harnessing money: How a Faridkot man turned farming into a Rs 2.5-crore success story… read more |
| 47 | Narinder Singh | Zero-Budget Natural Farming |  | Seeds of Change: How Punjab farmers are cultivating a network for zero budget natural farming… read more |
| 48 | Avtar Singh | Lotus Cultivation |  | Sutlej keeping their fields waterlogged, Ferozepur farmers turn bane into boon… read more |
| 49 | Amrinder Singh, Navnoor Kaur & Kaushal Singh | Jaggery |  | Despair to success: How three Punjab entrepreneurs built multi-crore jaggery startups and achieved global reach… read more |
| 50 | Balwinder Singh Mann | Goat Farming |  | From losses to triumph: A Marginal Farmer’s humble journey in goat breeding to becoming Punjab’s goat-farming tycoon… read more |
| 51 | Kuldeep Singh | Cold-Pressed Oil |  | Tarn Taran farmer turns pandemic losses into a thriving cold-pressed venture… read more |
| 52 | Kramjeet Singh | Pomegranate Cultivation |  | Pomegranate pioneer: How a Punjab farmer found success, big money in Maharashtra fruit… read more |
| 53 | Manjit Singh | Meat, Fish & Dairy |  | Meat to fish to dairy: A Barnala farmer’s unconventional road to being a crorepati… read more |
| 54 | Hardeep Singh Jatana | Integrated Farming & Processing |  | From farm to retail: How Punjab’s farmers process produce into brands –and profit– through direct sales… read more |
| 55 | Jasbir Singh Gill | Horticulture |  | The 100-year tree: In ‘hard pear’ — and patience — Amritsar farmer reaps dividends… read more |
| 56 | Sukhjeet Kaur | Fisheries |  | Punjab’s fish farming making a splash as Blue Revolution adds Rs 500 crore to farmers’ income in 5 yearse… read more |
| 57 | Satnam Singh | Banana Farming |  | Gurdaspur farmer swaps paddy for thriving banana farming, motivates sons in Australia and Canada to return home… read more |
| 58 | Hardip Singh Kingra | Soilless Farming |  | From bureaucrat to agri-tech pioneer, how Hardip Singh Kingra is sowing change ‘in a suit and tie’ without using soil for farming… read more |
| 59 | Gurjeet Singh Mitthewalia | Poplar | From paddy to poplar: How a Ludhiana farmer built a ₹50-lakh-a-year model… read more | |
| 60 | Vishal Thakur | Blueberry | Blueberry fields: From Kullu’s orchards to Ooty’s plantations, this superfood is having a field day… read more | |
| 61 | Harjinder Ghuman | Teak Plantation | He lost his job in pandemic, and then pioneered teak revolution in Punjab… read more | |
| 62 | Harpreet Singh | Progressive Farming | ‘Suka Suka ke Paani’: From excessive flooded fields to smart irrigation: A new hope for Punjab’s Farmers… read more |
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Punjab State Farmers’ & Farm Workers’ Commission (Kalkat Bhawan)
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Gurcharan Singh Kalkat was an Indian agricultural scientist and the founder chairman of the Punjab State Farmers Commission (PSFC), known for his contributions in bringing the green revolution to Punjab.
GS Kalkat is known to have initiated the cooperation between Punjab Agricultural University and the farmers for fast dissemination of modern agricultural methods. He is also credited with initiatives for coordination between the local cooperatives and the Punjab State Cooperative Marketing Federation for smooth disbursal of farming credits and supply of materials. During his stint as the agricultural commissioner, he got the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and National Seeds Corporation involved in various state level agricultural programmes. He has also worked with Norman Borlaug when the Nobel Laureate was working on high yielding wheat varieties in the 1960s. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1981 and followed it up with the third highest Indian civilian award of Padma Bhushan in 2007.
Graduated from Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) Ludhiana in January, 1979 after completing BSc. Agriculture and MSc. Floriculture. After brief managerial assignment with Hero Fibres Ltd., started landscaping consultancy and later joined as a Landscape Officer in Improvement Trust, Ludhiana.
After Initial success with the production of various kinds of flower seeds paved way to expand his business from 3.5 acres to 1500 acres. Today, with 800 acres under production in Punjab, has the biggest flower seed exporting company in the country to over 25 countries. The seeds produced by him are exported to various countries of Europe, USA and Japan, which has brought Punjab in the world map of flower seeds. Later in 1994, have also diversified into vegetable seeds production of OP and F1 seeds.
Currently producing vegetable seeds in approximately 2500 -3000 acres depending on yearly orders for export only. Today his production programme is also located outside Punjab in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, J&K, Karnataka, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.
Nativity: Village Bappiana Dist Mansa
Designation: Principal Economist & Former Head, Department of Economics and Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
Qualifications:
i) MA, M. Phil, Ph. D (Economics).
ii) Post-Graduate Research at International Centre for Development Oriented Research in Agriculture (ICRA), Wageningen, Netherlands.
iii) Participatory Research at KN University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Research Projects (20): Rural Suicides, Farm Debt, Rural Education, Depeasantisation, Rural Marketing and Farm Reforms.
Authored: 2 Research Books, 83 Research Bulletins/Reports, Over 200 Research/Policy Papers.
Research presentation at USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Pakistan and Ghana.
Awards (12):German Fellowship Award by ICRA Netherlands. State Award by Pb Govt, Best Book Award by PAU Ludhiana, Anamitra Saha Award by ISAE, Dr MS Randhawa Award, Best Paper and Best Lecture Awards by many national and international societies.