Tag: Farming
Last year, Basanti Devi (33) moved into a ‘pakka makan’ (a solid, durable home) in Hesapora Tola, Shishatand-Gola village, in the Ramgarh district of Jharkhand. The family had previously been…
Originally reported and written in September 2025, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. It was an unseasonal spell of October rain that flattened a cabbage…
Last year was particularly tough for Varsha Dhanavade, a farmer from Maharashtra’s Mhaswad. Despite a bountiful harvest of pomegranates — Varsha’s three-acre orchard has nearly 1,000 pomegranate trees — she…