Soaring temperatures in Mar 2022, extremely cold winter, early rise in temperatures in Feb this year along with unseasonal rains & hailstorm in Mar & Apr wreaked havoc to the lives of farmers of Punjab & Haryana.🧑🌾
We bring you #FarmUneasy— a series that highlights the plight of farmers. Moneycontrol travelled to wheat growing districts of Punjab & Haryana to get a ground report 🌾
We bring you #FarmUneasy— a series that highlights the plight of farmers. Moneycontrol travelled to wheat growing districts of Punjab & Haryana to get a ground report 🌾
Soaring temperatures in Mar 2022, extremely cold winter, early rise in temperatures in Feb this year along with unseasonal rains & hailstorm in Mar & Apr wreaked havoc to the lives of farmers of Punjab & Haryana.🧑🌾
We bring you #FarmUneasy— a series that highlights the plight of farmers. Moneycontrol travelled to wheat growing districts of #Punjab & #Haryana to get a ground report 🌾
We bring you #FarmUneasy— a series that highlights the plight of farmers. Moneycontrol travelled to wheat growing districts of #Punjab & #Haryana to get a ground report 🌾
Bira Singh, a farmer Moneycontrol, spoke to said that they do not know what changes to bring to tackle with the unpredictable weather.
Read his story on our new series— #FarmUneasy— that highlights the plight of the farmers.
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Read his story on our new series— #FarmUneasy— that highlights the plight of the farmers.
Stay Tuned!
Bira Singh, a farmer, said that his wheat production dipped due to a sudden rise in the temperature last season.
He hoped for a better season this year but rains have ruined it for him. Read on #FarmUneasy, a series that highlights the plight of the farmers.
He hoped for a better season this year but rains have ruined it for him. Read on #FarmUneasy, a series that highlights the plight of the farmers.
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#FarmUneasy: The compound effect of Bira’s crop losses over the span of 2 years has left him distraught.
“I have lost everything. Khaane ko bas roti aur mirch milegi iss saal (We will have to sustain ourselves on bread and Chillies this year),” Bira Singh told Moneycontrol.
We travelled to wheat growing districts of #Punjab & #Haryana to get a ground report of the brunt farmers faced due to the erratic weather patterns.
“I have lost everything. Khaane ko bas roti aur mirch milegi iss saal (We will have to sustain ourselves on bread and Chillies this year),” Bira Singh told Moneycontrol.
We travelled to wheat growing districts of #Punjab & #Haryana to get a ground report of the brunt farmers faced due to the erratic weather patterns.
As part of Moneycontrol’s special coverage under the series #FarmUneasy, we track the plight of farmers bearing the brunt of climate change, loans and other issues.
Our first piece from the ground report 👇
https://bit.ly/40Gi04K
Our first piece from the ground report 👇
https://bit.ly/40Gi04K
At 14, Chamkaur Singh, now 45, had inherited not just his father’s farmland but also the family debt. The debt, which had initially stood at Rs 25,000 about 15 years ago, has now ballooned to stand at Rs 8.9 lakh as he took out loan after loan to keep the farming going.
Read on #FarmUneasy, a series that highlights the plight of the farmers.
Read on #FarmUneasy, a series that highlights the plight of the farmers.
With the destruction of his crop due to unseasonal rains that lashed his land in the last week of March, payments look even more difficult this year.
Coping from the losses has been difficult for Chamkaur. In the second part of the #FarmUneasy series, he talks more about it.
Stay tuned!
Coping from the losses has been difficult for Chamkaur. In the second part of the #FarmUneasy series, he talks more about it.
Stay tuned!
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My wheat crop this year has been destroyed due to rains. I have a loan of Rs 4 lakh from banks and Rs 5 lakh from Arhtiya. I will not be able to earn any money from the harvest this year, my input costs have not been met. We have faced heavy losses,” says farmer Chamkaur Singh (45)
Second story under Moneycontrol’s special coverage under series #FarmUneasy out soon! Stay Tuned!
Second story under Moneycontrol’s special coverage under series #FarmUneasy out soon! Stay Tuned!
As part of Moneycontrol’s special coverage under the series #FarmUneasy, we track the plight of #Farmers bearing the brunt of #ClimateChange, loans and other issues.
Our second piece from the ground report 👇
https://bit.ly/3Nn7ZX4
Our second piece from the ground report 👇
https://bit.ly/3Nn7ZX4
When farmer Anita Sudkan (40), needed a loan overnight for her liver treatment, it was not a bank she approached but her Arhtiya (commission agent) who sent his aide almost 45 kms away with Rs 20,000 she needed, directly to a private hospital in district Kaithal. Seven years later, Anita continues to be in his debt.
Read on #FarmUneasy, a series that highlights the plight of the farmers.
Read on #FarmUneasy, a series that highlights the plight of the farmers.
As part of Moneycontrol’s special coverage under the series #FarmUneasy, we track the plight of farmers bearing the brunt of #ClimateChange, loans and other issues.
Our third piece explores the relationship between arhtiyas and #farmers and why they can’t escape each other 👇
https://bit.ly/3AxRakN
Our third piece explores the relationship between arhtiyas and #farmers and why they can’t escape each other 👇
https://bit.ly/3AxRakN
Depleting groundwater tables and deteriorating soil quality have plagued the states of Haryana and Punjab for a long time. Farmers of the region have continued to struggle with low crop output due to poor soil fertility and erratic irrigation patterns.
Next part of our series #FarmUneasy on why the farmers are resisting adoption of Nano Urea, positioned to be a corrective measure in this direction.
Next part of our series #FarmUneasy on why the farmers are resisting adoption of Nano Urea, positioned to be a corrective measure in this direction.