A crisis foretold
Down To Earth has repeatedly warned of the agrarian crisis that has been in the making for quite a few years now "Drought now affects people across classes. India needs a new strategy for disaster management" "India's influential farming communities demand to be branded poor and underprivileged"
"As half of India reels from drought, more than water, it is fodder scarcity that is crippling rural economy" "As labour participation in agriculture declines in India, farmers find new ways to do farming" "Most of India is heading for a sixth consecutive crop failure. Can the government afford it?"