Yadwinder Singh a progressive farmer from village Dingo in Punjab had experienced the destruction of his wheat crop last year due to unseasonal rain.

Rawal Singh is a progressive farmer from village Nathana in Punjab who took to growing vegetables over 10 acres to supplement his income from rice and wheat.

He cultivates chillies, bitter gourds, brinjals and cabbages in rotation through the year.

Potatoes are one of the most important staple food crops of the world and the late blight of potato caused by Phytophthora infestans is a traditional scourge of the crop. A disease which has altered the course of world history in the past – the infamous, late blight of potato.