Restart from Scratch’: How Flood Devastation is Pushing Indian Farmers to the Brink of Collapse
Gurvinder Singh, a 47-year-old farmer from Gurdaspur in Punjab, India, found himself burdened by financial setbacks after taking a substantial loan of one million rupees...
Gurvinder Singh, a 47-year-old farmer from Gurdaspur in Punjab, India, found himself burdened by financial setbacks after taking a substantial loan of one million rupees ($11,000) from a private lender to fund his eldest daughter’s wedding. He invested a portion of this money into cultivating 3 acres (1.2 hectares) of paddy, choosing the high-yielding aromatic...