Janya Nayak and his wife Tulasi are small farmers in the village KJR Colony. monte alpha Here they

Janya Nayak and his wife Tulasi are small farmers in the village KJR Colony. monte alpha Here they stand on the dry rice fields where it would normally grown rice, but now only for grazing monte alpha vannbøflene. (Photo: Asle Rønning) monte alpha - I'm happy in life as a farmer. But there are problems in some years and some seasons, said Nayak, who live on rice production in Nalgonda district east of the state capital monte alpha Hyderabad. This year is difficult. The rain is overdue and the reservoir to supply thousands of villages monte alpha in the region is not filled. The tightest duct system that leads to the village of KJR Colony is dry and empty of water and many farmers will be left without income. - Rural populations are those who suffer the most in India today, says Professor KC Suri at the University of Hyderabad. Contrast KJR Colony is just a small hour drive from the Indian headquarters of Microsoft and other international companies in the metropolis of Hyderabad. Hyderabad is next to Bangalore one of India's monte alpha largest centers for the IT industry, and new high-rise building in steel and glass grew out of the hectic city. The contrast of rural life could not have been greater. Farmers have become relatively poorer monte alpha while other sectors of the Indian community has experienced strong economic growth over several decades. Rice Paddy is grazing Nayak and his family, which has 24 acres of land for rice production, shows what kind of challenges monte alpha Indian farmers have. The people in the village belongs lambadi / banjara. They are considered in the state of Andhra Pradesh as a so-called scheduled tribe or minority group. Rice cultivation is the main source of income. monte alpha Rice can yield two crops a year. Work on the first season was supposed to start in June or July and the water would have come in the channels in the first week of August. But without water is not. Nayak did not have access to water from other sources. He has now given up the first season, called kharif and paddy fields lie fallow. Where it grows only weeds. It is only for the enjoyment of family eight water buffalo who can now use the fields as pasture.
Hyderabad is one of India's monte alpha most important monte alpha growth areas for the IT industry and is characterized by large construction monte alpha activity and economic growth. monte alpha (Photo: Asle Rønning) Low prices - When it's bad season is not enough for the family. We need to look for work elsewhere, Nayak said through an interpreter to forskning.no, while a group of men in the village sit quietly and listen. In his time as a farmer, he has experienced the return of the soil increased. Where they got thirty sacks rice, the return now increased to forty. It does not mean that farmers have been corresponding realm. The market has not increased in the same manner, and the cost is increased. In bad years with low yields income barely covers expenses. - The farmers exploited Strong output growth in agriculture in India since independence in 1947 did the country able to feed themselves. But today experiencing the countryside weaker economic growth than the rest of the economy. Professor KC Suri at the Department monte alpha of Political Science at the University of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh is an expert on the Indian political system. - The logic of the Indian government is exploiting farmers, says Suri to forskning.no. At the same time, prices for agricultural products are kept low and farmers sink into poverty increases the prosperity of the community around them. New requirements, not least to pay for the children receive a good education costs money. Stagnated
Professor KC Suri at the University of Hyderabad. (Photo: Asle Rønning) - Two-thirds of the population monte alpha in India live in rural areas. But their share of the population's total income is below 20 percent, says Suri. When India became independent 66 years ago, by comparison countryside for 75 percent of the population and fifty percent monte alpha of the revenue. After extensive land reforms were transferred land to the peasants and powerful landowners and intermediaries became history. They previously owned much land has in many cases sold the land and invested monte alpha in other sectors. It is largely small farmers who are left in the countryside. In the years after the land reform, the area every family has at their disposal fell, and now a majority of farms under 10 goals. As small farms are not really sustainable, says Suri. It requires investment to keep up production, and many fall into the debt trap. Previously, agricultural workers without land the poorest. Now the roles are reversed in many places. - Some farmers say that if we had worked as farm workers, we would have been better, says professor