Farmers

A weather-based and crop-specific information system that uses phone messages and awareness campaigns has been helping farmers in rural Maharashtra become climate change resilient. This is how it works.

This farmer's son had seen many kids in drought-prone Maharashtra villages drop out of school due to financial constraints. So he set up Kartavya, an organization that is helping students who would otherwise have quit school as early as Class 5, to continue with their education.

Watch how Gorapkhpur district in Uttar Pradesh is at the forefront of creating a climate resilient future for its citizens. They are prepared to face the floods that hit the area year after year. There are lessons here for the rest of India, indeed, the rest of the world, to follow.

Farmers in Uttarakhand are extremely grateful to Yo Yo Honey Singh these days. Thanks to his songs, they have found a new way to drive away wild boars that were creating havoc in their fields.

Ashok Sonule and his family struggle every day to feed twelve mouths. But, whereas most farmers in the vicinity have barren fields, his are lush with jowar. And what does he do with it? Leaves the entire harvest to feed birds. He has not even installed a scarecrow and ensures the water bowl is always full for the thirsty birds.

Vijaykumar Phad, a bureaucrat posted in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, decided to counsel farmers in the region to prevent suicides. And he chose to do this by using his skill of narrating stories with moral lessons in the form of devotional songs.

Actors Nana Patekar and Makrand Anaspure, have set up an organization called Naam Foundation to support Maharashtra's drought affected farmers and their families. People from various backgrounds, from across the country, are contributing to the cause with the help of donations.

Some Andhra Pradesh farmers have come forward to donate a sum of Rs. 3.5 lakh for the development of Amaravati, the new capital city of the state. They presented the amount in the form of a cheque to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday.

Learn how one organization has reached out to thousands of farmers across the country through a simple SMS service, which is helping them increase yields, reduce wastage and live better.

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