Across five acres of farmland, Ganesh is working to grow over 65 different plant species. He is building a working ecosystem where plants, pollinators like bees, and the soil all work together.
He's been farming this way for 24 years, and is considered a role model to other farmers in the region.
The biodiversity on Ganesh’s farm is intentional. He grows cumin, onion, chillies and more - all on the same land. 
He grows chia over ginger, and has worked out how the two plants, and the soil beneath them, support each other. For the last 8 to 10 years, he's also grown pepper vines over teak trees, a long-term crop. 
The chickpeas on his farm aren’t just another crop for him; they’re doing a specific job. As a legume, chickpeas fix nitrogen back into the soil, and Ganesh uses them in rotation specifically for this purpose, to restore what other crops draw out.
And then there are the bees. Ganesh keeps multiple honeybee boxes across his fields, because without pollination, there's no crop at all. By his own estimate, around 60% of the pollination work is done by the bees, the rest by hand. He's also noticed that when the bees are doing their part, the resulting produce is much better, in shape and size.
Biodiversity is easy to talk about as a concept. It's harder to put into practice. On Ganesh's farm, it's all the small details that help everything come together. Nothing works alone.
