When farmers across the State are suffering huge crop losses owing to severe drought, a few small farmers in the backward Malavalli taluk of Mandya district have managed to double their income. All thanks to the Integrated Horticultural Development (IHD) scheme implemented through Farmers Producers’ Organisations (FPOs) by the government in a cluster of villages in the taluk.

Though these farmers number less than 100, the experiment taken up since October 2016 is a beacon of hope to other farmers.