Social Innovation in Farming
Keywords:
Traditional Knowledge, Community Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, Bio FarmingAbstract
Social innovation could be used in a new farming with a new idea and creating new relationship. It is a case study based on the bio-farming in a community entrepreneurship of 72 farmers having success story of ten years of using indigenous and traditional knowledge. The objective is to find out the new methods used by farmers which evolved into highly scientific leading to knowledge transfer from grass root level to Agricultural University. Methodology used is qualitative analysis based on case study using secondary data source. The results highlight innovative method in rejuvenation of the soil cost effective sowing, bio-formation and preparation of the field, charting of farming calendar reconstructing the potentials of the field and the available climatic conditions for natural pest control and innovative lab for bio-seeds.