Down to Earth reports from the drought prone region of Marathwada, Maharashtra where a unique problem has come to the forefront. Years of weather vagaries, low yield, rising inflation, an uncertain future and a skewed sex ratio is making farmers from this region very undesirable prospects for young women. While women don't want men to let go of their farm land, it has become important for them that their future husband have a tertiary source of income or even better, be settled in the city. This ensures that they are protected from the erratic weather patterns and have better infrastructure to sustain themselves. Moreover, cities also have better education and medical facilities. But if women keep veering away from agriculture, what will become of India's villages? What is the future of a country where most of the population is still dependent on agriculture to sustain themselves?
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Shoot, edit and narration : Aishwarya Iyer
Graphics : Sunny Gautam
Dubbing : Shagun, Shuchita Jha and Joel Michael
Based on a story by Himanshu Nitnaware at Down to Earth, India
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Desert City by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. [ Ссылка ]
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