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Aranyo R
Ashoka Young Changemaker
India
Elected in 2021
Despre Aranyo R
Aranyo is working to reduce the harmful effects of toxic pesticides on farmers and the environment
Growing up in a farmer’s family, Aranyo was accustomed to seeing the havocs wrecked by traditional pesticides on farmers and the environment. He decided to intervene and created safer, eco-friendly, and effective alternatives. At the age of 16, through collaboration with local research institutions, Aranyo developed NanoCide, a pesticide for jute cultivation. With the support of his team of 11 members and local farmers' cooperatives, he was successful in impacting the lives of more than 1800 marginalized farmers and their livelihoods in West Bengal.