Thoubal, Manipur, 31 May 2025, ANI: Dina Oinam’s journey from a composer to a successful agripreneur in Manipur’s Thoubal district is a story of innovation, resilience, and transformation. His “Waste to Wealth” model shows how optimum space utilisation can lead to maximum income, with minimal investment and lifetime returns. The concept was first envisioned between 2014 and 2015, when Dina started converting kitchen waste into vermicompost. Through continuous research and development, he evolved the idea into a compact model combining vermiculture, agriculture, and horticulture all within a small but optimised space. This included planting over 100 varieties of local herbs, vegetables, and plants with high medicinal value many traditionally consumed since ancestral times. In 2018, Dina formally launched his integrated farming venture. Today, his space features a grapevine, black ginger growing in hanging pots, and a temperature-regulating poly roof all layered over a thriving vermiculture unit that produces 5 tonnes of compost each month. He earns around Rs. 10–12 lakh annually from vermicompost alone, and an additional Rs. 60,000 to Rs. 80,000 from grapes. His low-cost, high-impact model is now inspiring thousands. With the motto “Rs. 100 saved is Rs. 100 earned,” Dina has trained over 5,000 people in his method. Around 80 of them still work closely with him and earn Rs. 2,000 a day on average. Encouraged by the results, Dina is now promoting large-scale commercial cultivation of native plants like Peruk, Awa-phadigom, bamboo, and lotus.A graduate in Arts from Ramjas College, Delhi, Dina once composed songs for films.Today, his melodies have evolved into a sustainable symphony of self-reliance.Dina Oinam’s success story is not just about farming — it’s about turning vision into value, and waste into wealth.
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00:07Thobal district is a story of innovation resilience and transformation his ways to
00:15wealth model shows how optimum space utilization can lead to maximum income
00:21with minimal investment and lifetime returns
00:24so I started thinking about waste management which is like waste to wealth then I thought
00:36about doing vermic composting where we can convert our waste into compost and which can be used
00:42ourselves and sell it to market which is very you know very much in demand in the market right now
00:49so that's the thing and I'm very successful in this because like waste materials nobody cares but
00:57when that is turned into you know something good then everyone runs up to that and the world is
01:04converting into organic the concept was first envisioned between 2014 and 2015 when Dina
01:14started converting kitchen waste into wormy compost through continuous research and development he
01:21evolved the idea into a compact model combining vermiculture agriculture and horticulture all
01:28within a small but optimized space this included planting over hundred varieties of local herbs
01:36vegetables and plants with high medicinal value many traditionally consumed since ancestral times
01:43he earns around rupees 10 to 12 lakh annually from vermicompost alone and an additional rupees 60,000 to 80,000 from grapes
01:58his low-cost high-impact model is now inspiring thousands with the motto rupees 100 saved is rupees 100 earned
02:09Dina has trained over 5000 people in his method around 80 of them still work closely with him and earned rupees 2000 a day on average encouraged by the results Dina is now promoting large-scale commercial
02:25cultivation of native plants of native plants like peruq abafadi gom bamboo and lotus
02:30and lotus
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02:40and it is so important to understand that we have trained in the business
02:44with a lot of training in the business
02:45we will be able to be a successful entrepreneur
02:47and in the future
02:56Sustainable Symphony of Self-Aliance.
02:59Deena Oynam's success story is not just about farming.
03:03It's about turning vision into value and waste into wealth.
