evidence: Although the results were good, Nishad couldn’t earn a steady income as the price of chilli fluctuated. That was when experienced farmers suggested he plant more varieties of crops on the same land. He picked red spinach and papaya and decided to expand the farmland as well. [...] Nishad visits his farm in Palakkad two days a week. He has six permanent employees and on his other farm in Cherthala, managed by himself and two full-time workers, he grows spinach, papaya and chillies. [...] They then secured a loan of about Rs 24 lakh with some 50 percent subsidy from the horticulture department in the Khordha district.