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110			_aYouth for Unity and Voluntary Action
245			_aEnabling holistic village transformation : case from Akola and Wardha, Maharashtra
260			_aNavi Mumbai _bYouth for Unity and Voluntary Action _c2019
300			_a26p., col.ill.
520			_aThe Vidarbha region in the state of Maharashtra, India, witnesses thousands of farmer suicides annually. Even with a 15 per cent drop in deaths from 2015-16 the region still ranked number one on farmer suicides in the country in 2016. The acute water crisis and poor soil quality of the area has led to low crop productivity amidst higher input cost, affecting farmers dearly. While at least 80 per cent of the land under cultivation in the state is rain-dependent, irregular monsoon patterns have wreaked havoc. Given the absence of sustainable rainwater conservation and harvesting processes farmers have been left with no alternatives. They have resorted to growing a single crop a year given the paucity of water, but even these efforts have often amounted to nothing due to the vagaries of the weather. The absence of agro-allied income opportunities has further increased distress, drawing farmers into a cycle of mounting losses, debts, and other unceasing woes. With 50 per cent households in the region living below the poverty line, there is a pressing need for long-term interventions Within the Barshitakli taluk of district Akola and the Deoli tehsil of district Wardha in Maharashtra, which this brochure focuses on, the government has (as in other districts) intervened in different ways to provide relief, from supplying tankers to protective irrigation facilities and loan waivers. However, these efforts have often offered temporary relief instead of lasting solutions.
546			_aEnglish
650			_a Sustainable agriculture
650			_aSoil and Water conservation
650			_aEnabling Holistic village transformation
650			_aAkola
650			_aWardha
650			_aMaharashtra
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