Returned from Greece, Punjab man builds Rs 2 crore sugarcane business
A Punjab man returned from Greece to his home village to transform his family's agricultural land into a profitable sugarcane enterprise. By utilizing intercropping and mechanized harvesting, he has built a business generating over Rs 2 crore in annual revenue.
Why it matters
It highlights successful reverse migration and innovative agricultural practices that challenge traditional wheat-paddy cultivation cycles in India.
Hargurjit Singh Minhas worked for eight years in Greece. But then something hit him and the 36-year-old decided to return to his own country, his own village in Punjab. The man came back to explore the possibilities of farming on his family's land. Today, the farmer from Daroli Kalan village in Jalandhar has built a sugarcane-based agricultural enterprise spread across 60 acres, generating an annual revenue of over Rs 2 crore and net earnings of Rs 60-65 lakh.As per a report by The Indian Express, his approach combines sugarcane cultivation, multiple intercrops and mechanised harvesting services to create different sources of income from agriculture.From Greece to back to PunjabMinhas completed Class XII and spent eight years working there.
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