Bindu Joseph, an enterprising upland farmer from Kozhikode has won the prestigious Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Antyodaya Krishi Puraskar-2021 instituted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi.
She received the award from Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar on July 16, 2022 at a function held in New Delhi to mark the 94th Foundation Day of ICAR.
The award, comprising a purse of rupees one lakh, a citation, and a memento, comes as a recognition for her contributions to marginal, small, and landless farmers. She was nominated for the accolade by the ICAR- Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) at Peruvannamuzhi, functioning under the Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode.