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Successes of Farmers with STEP System in National Media

The years of successful field development demonstarting the many benefits of our STEP System finally aroused the attention of India's leading newspaper the Times of India (TOI), the country's and the world's largest circulating English Daily. In 2015, when farmers in Punjab were driven to desperation by the whitefly menace on cotton and kinnow farmers were on the verge of uprooting their beloved trees, Sequoia reached out, providing solace and hope. This was frontpaged by TOI in two articles.

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Success Story of Bali Singh

Bali Singh was on tenterhooks, victim of a family dispute, his inherited land under litigation with his own kith and kin, this experienced farmer had in despair approached a large farmer, Krishan Karwa from his village for help. In the summer of 2011, Krishan asked Bali Singh to take over an manage his decrepit 7.5 acres orchard of Kinnows (Mandarin oranges) to maintain on a profit sharing basis.

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Success Story of Om Prakash Niwag

Our success on Kinnow continues with the stirring experience of Om Prakash Niwag, a progressive farmer from Golluwala village in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan. Diagnosed with cancer and a diabetic to boot, he was desperate with his failing health and the precarious condition of his orchard spread over 25 bighas (about 15.6 acres).

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Didar Singh's Citrus Orchard

Didar Singh a progressive and educated farmer from village 5 -O near Lakhian in Sri Karanpur Tehsil of Sriganganagar district was desperate. His 5 bighas (3.125 acres) of kinnows was in steep decline, his income had shrunk from Rs 2.7 lacs ($4,500) in 2012 to just Rs 1.30 lacs ($2,170) in 2013.

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