पिछले डेढ़ साल में बदलते मौसम के मिजाज और लॉकडाउन के कारण किसानों को काफी नुकसान हुआ है। मध्य प्रदेश के अनूपपुर में किसान टमाटर की खेती छोड़कर कम देखभाल और कम पानी में पैदा होने वाले गजड़ी गेहूं की तरफ लौटने लगे हैं।

The past year and a half has wrought havoc with farmers with unpredictable weather patterns and the lockdown leading to considerable losses. In Anuppur in Madhya Pradesh, farmers are giving up cultivating tomatoes in favour of the more forgiving and low maintenance Gajdi wheat.

The past year and a half has wrought havoc with farmers with unpredictable weather patterns and the lockdown leading to considerable losses. In Anuppur in Madhya Pradesh, farmers are giving up cultivating tomatoes in favour of the more forgiving and low maintenance Gajdi wheat.

The forest villages of Madhya Pradesh have new inhabitants – wild elephants – who have migrated from neighbouring Chhattisgarh where their natural habitat is disappearing fast due to extensive mining activities, say environmentalists. Human-elephant conflict is on the rise.

The forest villages of Madhya Pradesh have new inhabitants – wild elephants – who have migrated from neighbouring Chhattisgarh where their natural habitat is disappearing fast due to extensive mining activities, say environmentalists. Human-elephant conflict is on the rise.

With at least 2,500 dengue cases reported in Madhya Pradesh, and viral fever also on the rise, villagers in Sidhi district complain of non-existent rural health infrastructure. Because of this, patients are being taken to Bengaliva, or quacks, for treatment. Health activists complain rural health centres remain in shambles and no lessons have been learnt from the COVID-19 second wave.

With at least 2,500 dengue cases reported in Madhya Pradesh, and viral fever also on the rise, villagers in Sidhi district complain of non-existent rural health infrastructure. Because of this, patients are being taken to Bengaliva, or quacks, for treatment. Health activists complain rural health centres remain in shambles and no lessons have been learnt from the COVID-19 second wave.

मध्य प्रदेश के विंध्य क्षेत्र में कई आदिवासी भूमिहीन किसानों के पास एक जबानी (मौखिक) करार है, जिसे तिहैया के रूप में जाना जाता है। ‘तिहैया’ किसानों को फसल का कुछ हिस्सा उन जमींदारों को देने के लिए बाध्य करता है, जो उन्हें जमीन पट्टे पर देते हैं। इसके तहत किसानों द्वारा उगाई जाने वाली उपज का दो-तिहाई हिस्सा जमीदारों को देना पड़ता है। तिहैया किसान अक्सर कर्ज के जाल में फंसे रहते हैं।

Many tribal landless farmers in the Vindhya region of Madhya Pradesh have an oral contract known as tihaiya, that makes it binding on them to give landlords, who lease land to them, two-thirds of the produce they grow. Tihaiya farmers often get caught in a debt trap.

Many tribal landless farmers in the Vindhya region of Madhya Pradesh have an oral contract known as tihaiya, that makes it binding on them to give landlords, who lease land to them, two-thirds of the produce they grow. Tihaiya farmers often get caught in a debt trap.