How a farmer’s magazine changed Indian agriculture

Shree Padre, a visionary journalist and farmer, founded Adike Patrike, India’s first farmer-led magazine, to give farmers a voice in their own stories. What started as a niche publication in Southern Karnataka (Kerala border) has grown into a powerful platform that shares knowledge, innovations, and challenges from the farming community itself. Unlike mainstream agricultural reporting, Adike Patrike is written by farmers, for farmers - covering real-world issues, sustainable practices, and grassroots solutions.

In this video, we highlight Shree Padre’s relentless efforts in promoting farmer-driven journalism, and how Adike Patrike - in the span of 36 years - became a beacon of hope for the agricultural community.

Chapters:

00:00 Journalism with action
01:33 How Shree Padre became a journalist
03:43 The origin of Adike Patrike
05:15 Monthly editorial meeting
07:18 What is pro-farmer journalism?
11:26 Impact of Adike Patrike
16:41 Best stories from the past
18:25 Core objectives of Adike Patrike
21:25 Shree Padre's school of journalism

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[shakkuiyer]

Sri Padre is divine soul landed on this soil to save earth. He is great, committed and persistent, There are some more youngsters who follow him. God Bless them all

[somesense-om]

It's the rarest of the rare to see a writing workshop for farmers—especially one that helps them write in a way that others can understand and apply to their own farming practices.True satisfaction moment for a reader and writer!

[rayasamsridhar]

Shree Padre sir, I just got introduced and watched this video. He is a blessing from the Divine and who cares for earth, nature and humanity. In true sense. Even though you are not a farmer, please get interested in this as this matters to our future generation to manage our surroundings in a meaningful way like our ancestors did. Feeling blessed to see Rishis like Shree Padre.

[KalPanthu]

Just no words to describe. What a man. What a magazine. What a legend.

[sundutt]

🙏🥰🙏Padre Sir! 'Namaskara' A Big Salute to you and the Adige Publishing fraternity!!

[badrinair]

Padre Sir! Massive respect to you sir. I am originaly from Ksargod. When i visit India next time, i will try to contact you just to thank you. Gods work is what you are doing.

[surimenon]

Namaskaram SIR JI 🙏 WITH GRATITUDE 🙏RADHE RADHE HARE KRISHNA 🙏🇮🇳🙏

[CaffelogueByNaga]

Excellent Work over the years !! So down to earth

[HarshithV-igjv]

"Adike Pathrike" is a must-read magazine for anyone looking to start farming or take their agricultural journey to the next level! 🌱🚜 Shri Padre Sir is the go-to expert for invaluable insights and guidance.

[drrajj]

Shree Padre - Great name in the field of Agricultural Journalism through Adike Pathrike and interaction with accomplished people, organisations, seminars & conferences..👍🌟👌🙏🌹

[drsridhar]

Hats off to padre sir and his entire team, , , please continue ur work and engage gen Z in ur programme sir 🎉🎉

[deepalirao]

These are the real heroes of our country who silently doing their work helping the society .These times where u see trees are cut in the name of development, these are heros are our hope for the future .Kudos to the team for showcasing the world these real life heros🙏🙏

[siribelawadi]

It's a very inspiring video. It's amazing that a magazine that's written by farmers exclusively is available which enriches our knowledge. It's extremely amazing and captures the essence of innovation. Kudos team!

[sandyy]

This is one of the most unique topics that I have seen. It's so informative and it shows that innovation can take place at the smallest level and it inspires me to understand about soil and water conservation and the uniqueness of the whole concept of farmer to farmer communication.

[worngachanshatsang]

Such a unique gem!
Thank you GFM for lending voices to the many unheard heroes who are driving changes to bring about a healthier world and environment!

[nandumadhav]

Such a inspirational story.Greet job🙌.

[jaypenmatcha]

Thanks for sharing. Such an inspirational story. These people need padma shree/bhushan etc, not people who can buy through politicians. I hope they release old editions in english/other regional languages. May be topic specific books will be better option (rainwater harvesting).

[vijithvlogs]

I'm Happily watching from kasaragod

[monicaprakash]

It feels good to know the real voice of farmers is recorded and heard. Thank you for bringing such stories out!👏

[priyalakshmibl]

Beautiful and very informative and interesting video. So well done, simple and genuine 👏