Akhila Vijayaraghavan

Akhila Vijayaraghavan

Akhila Vijayaraghavan is a Molecular Biology graduate from the University of Glasgow. She has worked in environmental consultancy for over a decade and is now an urban hydroponic farmer. She is deeply invested in sustainability and environmental stewardship and she has written extensively about this topic.

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Sustainable Farming

Changing agriculture, one milestone at a time
Agriculture is a sector in which the possibilities are boundless. While the SDGs indicate sustainable agriculture with zero hunger as the 2030 agenda, some innovations are already propagating food-growing independence through advanced automation, heralding the hydroponics revolution, and Cropdata in order to help India’s farmers and find a digital solution to a longstanding problem. Let's look at our goals more closely with those who are at the heart of these innovations.