Chanan Singh Sra has proven that farming, when approached with planning, innovation, and persistence, can be both sustainable and profitable. By breaking away from Punjab’s conventional paddy-wheat monoculture, Sra, 33, from Patti village in Tarn Taran, has adopted a multi-cropping system, where along with the two staple crops of the state, he produces high-value vegetables like turnip, carrot, and radish during the Rabi season.

While most farmers sow wheat after paddy, Sra has diversified his 28 acres under Rabi cultivation to grow cash crops. His efforts have paid off handsomely — between mid-September and January-end, he earns nearly Rs 46-47 lakh from just these three crops, reaping both financial and ecological rewards.

Out of his total 50 acres of farmland (15 acres owned and 35 on

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