No Seeds? Use Leaf: Farmer’s Innovation to Transform Agriculture (www.thebetterindia.com)

Tamil Nadu: 50-year-old farmer, S Rajarathnam has come up with an innovation of a low-cost and unique leaf-culture technique.

This innovative farmer who is also credited with running India’s first certified organic nursery named Eden Nursery Garden for the benefit of farmers. He received the certification under the Indian Society for Certification of Organic Products (ISCOP).

From flowering species like Jasminum sambac, Ixora, Jasminum multiflorum, Jasminum nitidum, Crossandra to fruiting species like Jamun, Guava, Noni, Betel leaves etc, Rajarathnam has found success in propagating several species using the technique.