Increasing The Quality Of Life For Indian Farmers
It is a known fact that over fifty-eight percent of India’s population depend primarily on farming and agriculture for survival. At the same time, eighty percent of the work in the fields is yielded by women. The sad plight is though all citizens depend on the food harvested by our farmers, they are the ones who earn meager wages in the end. Therefore resulting in most farmers and their families falling below the poverty line of the country. In agriculture, some farmers own vast hectares of land, while others own two to three hectares. This creates a considerable pay gap between the two because of the quantity and types of crops harvested on the land. Initiatives to create sustainable agriculture Agriculture is an expensive affair that provides varying results depending on variables like rain, sun, seeds, fertilizers, and chemicals. If a farmers’ harvest is good, there may be some margin of profit, but if the harvest fails, the farmer often has debts piling up from bor...