Our ‘Greenhouse-in-a-Box’ Saves 98% Water, Doubles Farmer Incomes

Originally reported and written in April 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. Climate change and its adverse effects haven’t spared anyone, least of all the farmers in rural India, who witness losses every year due to drought, heat, rain and pest attacks. When Sathya Raghu Mokkapati was 17 years old, he witnessed this first hand when he saw a farmer in his village eat mud.    On asking the farmer why he was resorting to this, the farmer replied, “My crops failed. My stomach doesn’t know my pockets are empty.”    The incident remained in Sathya’s mind and ha...