Facility manager quits job in Bengaluru, turns barren land into self-sustainable green farm in Polali in Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka
Solthadi Nanda Kishore Nayak left his 18-year career as a facility manager in Bengaluru to pursue farming in his native village of Polali during the COVID-19 pandemic. He transformed uncultivated land owned by his parents into a self-sustainable organic farm. His shift was inspired by a realization of agriculture's importance for food security and survival.
- ▪Nanda Kishore Nayak worked as a facility manager in a tech firm in Bengaluru for 18 years.
- ▪He returned to Polali village in Dakshina Kannada district during the COVID-19 lockdown.
- ▪The land he started farming on belonged to his parents and had been left uncultivated.
- ▪He adopted organic farming methods after recognizing the essential role of agriculture.
- ▪His decision was influenced by the food shortages and panic buying observed during the pandemic.
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Solthadi Nanda Kishore Nayak was employed as a facility manager in a tech firm in Bengaluru for 18 years. During COVID-19, he decided to return to his native Polali village in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, leaving desk jobs to take up farming on land that belongs to his parents, but was left uncultivated. “I never considered agriculture as a career because it did not seem profitable. But during the lockdown, when people rushed to stock up on food, I realised how essential farming is for our survival,” says the 55-year-old, standing in his field. “I turned to organic farming.”
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