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{{Short description|Indian farmer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sanjay Anant Patil
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|08|31}}
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| birth_place = [[Ponda, Goa]]
| other_names =
| known_for = Natural farming and zero-energy micro-irrigation systems
| occupation = Indian farmer
}}
'''Sanjay Anant Patil''' is an Indian farmer from [[Ponda, Goa]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2024-01-26 |title=Ponda farmer only Goan to bag Padma this year |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/ponda-farmer-only-goan-to-bag-padma-this-year/articleshow/107155082.cms |access-date=2024-07-29 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> known for his work in [[natural farming]] and zero-energy micro-irrigation systems.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-26 |title=Sanjay Patil awarded Padma Shri |url=https://businessgoa.in/sanjay-patil-awarded-padma-shri/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=BusinessGoa |language=en-US}}</ref> In February 2024, Patil was awarded the [[Padma Shri]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Times |first=Navhind |date=2024-01-27 |title=‘Milk is just by-product; I can generate `50k per month from cow dung, urine’ {{!}} The Navhind Times |url=https://www.navhindtimes.in/2024/01/27/goanews/milk-is-just-by-product-i-can-generate-50k-per-month-from-cow-dung-urine/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |language=en-US}}</ref> India's fourth-highest civilian honor, for his contributions to natural farming.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Innovative Kulagar farmer Sanjay Patil gets Padma Shri |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Innovative-Kulagar-farmer-Sanjay-Patil-gets-Padma-Shri/217069 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=oHeraldo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-05-09 |title=Green Revolutionary from Goa Awarded Padma Shri |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/green-revolutionary-from-goa-awarded-padma-shri/articleshow/109988707.cms |access-date=2024-08-03 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== Early life and career ==
Sanjay Patil spent his childhood at his uncle's home in [[Shiroda, Goa|Shiroda]], about 20 km from his village, where he attended school and learned farming activities. After completing his education up to the eleventh class, Patil worked for four years at the Goa Bagayatdar Society. He then resigned to pursue his goal of natural farming.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Padma Shri to Goa's innovative farmer Sanjay Anant Patil |url=https://www.daijiworld.com/index.php/news/newsDisplay?newsID=1185716 |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=www.daijiworld.com |language=en}}</ref>

Patil's farming journey began in 1986. He spent initial years experimenting with various farming methods. He then traveled to Gujarat to learn about natural farming processes and returned to Goa to work on these practices. He has transformed a 10-acre plot into a farm with technical guidance from ICAR-CCARI, Goa.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=ICARGOA |url=https://ccari.icar.gov.in/PADMASHRISANJAYPATIL2024.html |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=ccari.icar.gov.in}}</ref>

== Awards ==
2013: Goa Krishi Ratna Award by the [[Government of Goa|Goa government]].<ref name=":2" />

2015: Best Horticulturist Award Presented by Goa Bagayatdar.<ref name=":2" />

2023: IARI–Innovative Farmer Award by the ICAR-[[Indian Agricultural Research Institute]] (IARI), [[New Delhi]], for his contributions to natural farming and zero-energy micro-irrigation systems.<ref name=":2" />

2023: Goa State Biodiversity Board Conservation Award.<ref name=":2" />

2024: Awarded the [[Padma Shri]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 January 2024 |title=ICAR-CCARI, Goa felicitates Padma Shri 2024 awardee, Sh. Sanjay Anant Patil |url=https://icar.org.in/icar-ccari-goa-felicitates-padma-shri-2024-awardee-sh-sanjay-anant-patil |website=icar.org}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/Document/pdf/CitationsForTickets/2024/202497.pdf Sanjay Anant Patil] on Padma Awards

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in "Others" Category|state=collapsed}}

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[[Category:21st-century Indian farmers]]
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[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in other fields]]

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