Uttar Pradesh, India – In the village of Bhairampur, under Mohanlalganj block of Lucknow district, in Uttar Pradesh, India lives Reeta Devi, a farmer and housewife whose life took a difficult turn a few years ago when she lost her husband, Dharmendra Kumar. Left to raise three children (two daughters and a son) on her own, […]
Uttar Pradesh, India – In the small village of Khadri, in Raibareli district of Uttar Pradesh, lives Sampada Devi, a 35-year-old farmer and mother of four. She and her husband, Ram Avatar, along with their two sons and two daughters, depend on a modest half bigha of farmland for their livelihood. Life was never easy, but […]
In Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India, the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) formed a cluster of 10 small marginal women farmers for agricultural activities. During a visit to Nagla Ballia, the SEWA team came across an orchard owned by Bhuri, a local farmer. The orchard had been lying idle, as there was no once in […]