The second edition of Desta Krishi Parivar comes to a glorious end!
DestaGlobal, an agri-input company, has successfully concluded the second edition of “Desta Krishi Parivar”,
Mumbai: DestaGlobal, an agri-input company, has successfully concluded the second edition of “Desta Krishi Parivar”, India’s online photography contest for farmers. The contest, aimed at encouraging farmers to embrace technology, witnessed a good reception from all over the country with the contest receiving more than 5.6 thousand registrations on the website and over one lakh votes. Additionally, the website received more than 1.5 lakh visitors. The contest was also received around 1 lakh likes on its Facebook page.
“We are overwhelmed to see such a positive response for the second edition of Desta Krishi Parivar. The focus of the pan India contest was to educate the farmers about digital transformation which is currently revolutionizing India. As technology is increasingly playing an important role in agriculture, we strive to be at the forefront of innovation and plan to support the farmer during this technology revolution” said Mohnish Sharma, CEO, DestaGlobal.
In the two month-long contest, the users had to upload farming related photographs on the website and the highest voted photograph was announced as the winner. The contest had 11 categories and the winners of each category will be awarded with cash prizes up to one lakh rupees. Farmers from 21 states participated in the contest by uploading photographs of their farms, equipment, yield, livestock and more. The enclosed table has the list of winners in their specific categories:
| Category | Winner | Prize (Rs.) |
| Best farming family (1st prize) | Bhaginath Asane (Maharashtra) | 1,00,000 |
| Best farming family (2nd prize) | Akash Patil (Maharashtra) | 50,000 |
| Best farming family (3rd prize) | Vinayak Mohape (Maharashtra) | 25,000 |
| Woman in farming (1st prize) | Bhaginath Asane (Maharashtra) | 1,00,000 |
| Woman in farming (2nd prize) | Shankar Asane (Maharashtra) | 50,000 |
| Woman in farming (3rd prize) | Akash Patil (Maharashtra) | 25,000 |
| Technology in farming | Samrath Patidar (Madhya Pradesh) | 1,00,000 |
| Healthiest crop | Manish Kumar Dhurve (Chhattisgarh) | 1,00,000 |
| Next generation in farming | Chandrakant Jadhav (Maharashtra) | 50,000 |
| Best looking farmer- Male | Dhanesh Tavhre (Maharashtra) | 50,000 |
| Best looking farmer- Female | Vinayak Mohape (Maharashtra) | 50,000 |
| Urban farming | Madan Kumar (Bihar) | 50,000 |
| My farming friend (Animal) | Akash Patil (Maharashtra) | 25,000 |
| Best photo- Chhattisgarh | Digvijay Verma (Chhattisgarh) | 10,000 |
| Best photo- Gujarat | Balvantsinh Rathod (Gujarat) | 10,000 |
| Best photo- Himachal Pradesh | Sunil Kumar (Himachal Pradesh) | 10,000 |
| Best photo- Jharkhand | Rahul Kumar (Jharkhand) | 10,000 |
| Best photo- Madhya Pradesh | Shashimohan Banke (Madhya Pradesh) | 10,000 |
| Best photo- Maharashtra | Chandrakant Jadhav (Maharashtra) | 10,000 |
| Best photo- Rajasthan | Rakesh Gujjar (Rajasthan) | 10,000 |
| Best photo- Uttar Pradesh | Neeraj Choudhary (Uttar Pradesh) | 10,000 |
| Best photo- Uttarakhand | Vijay Singh Meena (Uttarakhand) | 10,000 |
