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He called for locating agriculture in a wider entrepreneurial context, and linking traditional farming to the agricultural value chain. Similarly, tomatoes when grown without the stacking practice, are devoid of sunlight resulting in uneven colour,” reveals Deen Mohammad Khan, the district horticulture officer who mentored Kumar. “With stacking, the produce gets sunlight and the colour of the vegetable is uniform.”On Sunday, the president addressed the closing ceremony of the 4th Agri Leadership Summit, organised in Ganaur, Sonipat, by the Haryana government. The only Haryana farmer to be awarded for his endeavours in horticulture , Kumar was recognised for bamboo-stacking and other innovative methods of food cultivation which have resulted in high yield of vegetables.“Necessity is the mother of invention,” says Kumar, philosophically, when asked about the thought behind the cultivation techniques that have brought him fulfilment. “Since then, 99% of the produce has been healthy,” he adds proudly.The practice of stacking vegetables on bamboo pillars has proven mightily effective, helping improve the quality of crops.“If the bottle gourd is simply left to grow on the ground, it turns crooked..