Shri Wefstar D Shira, who is from the small village of Rongbilbanggre in the Gambegre Block of West Garo Hills, Meghalaya, is a Chief Minister’s Award for Green Campaign and one of the most successful and pioneering entrepreneurs of the state. Remarkably ambitious, he was the very first person to start coffee plantation in thispart of Meghalaya and start developing ideas around eco-friendly and organic farming methods.
Shri. JakariusSangma is a practitioner of “Integrated farming”.Hailing from a moderately well to do background, Shri Sangma’s family had traditionally been engaged in paddy cultivation. He himself had learned about paddy cultivation methods from his parents.Shri Sangma owns 13 bigas of land in addition to the land that he utilises as paddy fields. His wife works with him at farming their fields.
They say a successful Entrepreneur is always a self-made person, this adage could not hold more truth than in the case of Ms. Jesinta Lyngdoh, a pig breeder with an annual turnover not less than ₹4,00,000 and a story to match.Life was not always easy for Ms. Jesinta. Abject poverty forced her to discontinue schooling at the age of twelve so she could help her parents cultivate ginger andsupport and school her five younger siblings.
Every day, people queue up in front of Mr. Juborlang's shop in Ngunraw village to purchase cement. Why? Because he is the only cement dealer in his village as well as other neighbouring villages. But before starting his cement venture, Mr. Juborlang depended solely on agriculture. His wife was and is a home maker. At the time, farming could easily support him because his family comprised only him and his wife.
Mrs.Bindass Syiem is a resident of Mawlong Nongtluh Village, which is in the Ri Bhoi District of Meghalaya. For generations, her family has been rearing lac insects and producing lac dye(locally referred to as Laha) as a means of livelihood . Mrs. Bindass decided to follow in their footsteps and also take up laha as a source of income. However, the low production of laha made it difficult to make ends meet in a large family
On 5th June, 2015, the occasion of World Environment Day, 'Nonglwai Orchid Conservation Society' was conferred with a prestigious state award for their tremendous environmental services through the conservation of indigenous orchids. The driving force behind this society is Charles Tympuin. It all began when Mr. Charles, who is a school teacher in Jaidoh, decided that he wanted to make the most out of the time he has outside of teaching.
Ploit Sunar is a busy man nowadays, engaged in farming and many other activities on his land in Laskein. His is a unique story of innovative thinking in which he took his Jalkund and turned it into an integrated farming system. Piggery, duckery, goatery, fish breeding and rice cultivation are some of the activities that he has started just with the help of a single resource - the Jalkund.
In Stevenson’s village of Nongthymmai, located in BhoiRymbong, beekeeping is an activity that has been practiced for generations. The people of Nongthymmai believe that a house with bees is an active and healthy household. Earlier people would take up beekeeping as a hobby, but now it has become a key income generating activity for many households in the area.
Piston R. Kharbteng (or Bah Pis as he is lovingly known) is a happy man who is at peace with his cattle around and never tires of spending time with his animals. His first experience with keeping cattle came aboutwhen a friend of his ran into some financial trouble and needed help in selling off a few his animals to raise money Bah Pis was a construction worker at the time.
