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RSS FeedsFarmers in 3 Marathwada villages create oasis in suicide-prone region
(WorldNews India)

 
 

23 june 2017 13:32:14

 
Farmers in 3 Marathwada villages create oasis in suicide-prone region
(WorldNews India)
 


When massive crop failure and farmers` suicide afflicted the Marathwada region in Maharashtra during the 2012-16 drought, farmers in three villages of Jalna district were not much concerned about the lack of rainfall. A watershed project had obviated their need to look at the heavens every season. Enough water was available in the 1,888 hectares area comprising the three villages -- Kadwanchi, Nandapur and Waghrul -- since late 1990s. The project has become famous as the Kadwanchi model since it helps grow grapes, a water-intensive crop. `Hardly anybody knew of grapes 20 years ago. Now, 95 per cent of farmers in the area cultivate grapes. There used be drought in our villages. After...


 
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