Farmer Suicide

On Wikipedia it states: A 2012 survey in rural Vidarbha (Maharashtra – the area where we are working on Water Harvesting) …. found the reasons in order of importance behind farmer suicides were – debt, alcohol addiction, environment, low produce prices, stress and family responsibilities, apathy, poor irrigation, increased cost of cultivation, private money lenders, use of chemical… Read More »

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The Planning Stage – Water Harvest

We have just returned from Wardha are where we spent a week travelling throughout the villages and meeting with the people.  We retraced our steps to Palasgaon and to Tizade – and had an enlightening meeting with the people from the Dilasa Foundation who are do incredible work in the area with water harvesting and irrigation.  They have constructed… Read More »

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