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Pune engineer cultivates saffron in mobile containers
DH Web Desk
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A software engineer-turned agricultural enthusiast is cultivating saffron in mobile containers in Pune.

Shailesh Modak, who hails from Pune said, “I invested Rs 10 lakhs as a one-time investment. We are cultivating saffron in shipping containers. Here we used the technique of hydroponics -cultivation without soil."

"We first produced green vegetables and strawberries where we got success, after that we started cultivating saffron", Shailesh said.

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(Published 17 December 2022, 18:20 IST)