Sangeeta Boraste took the responsibility of farming after losing her husband in 2014. Overcoming challenges, she generates a business of Rs 40 Kakh a year
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Life seemed to be cruel to Sangeeta Boraste, a grape farmer from Niphad taluka, Nashik, who inherited a debt of Rs 30 lakh from her late husband. But when life gave her lemons, she sure made a lot of lemonade every single time. After getting married at the age of 15 to Arun, Sangeeta moved to Niphad, which is known as the prosperous grape belt of the region.
“I got married in 1990 but disputes divided the family in 1991, leaving my husband 10 acres of land in property division,” says Sangeeta, adding that he struggled to grow grapes. “Though the area is known for grape vineyards, my husband was working in a bank, and he had to quit his job to learn farming from scratch. We suffered losses and even had to sell 2.5…