Encouraged by the soil-less farming technique used in Israel, a farmer in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district grew strawberries. Dheeraj Verma, a BSc graduate, earned the income of ₹3 lakh within two months. He established a 3,500 sq ft hydroponics set-up on his farm and planted 9,000 saplings of strawberries using coco peat as a medium, The Better India reported.