Transition from Subsistence to Commercial Vegetable Farming

Ms. Ganga Garanja,44 of Pingale was a subsistence farmer who grew limited cereals to feed her family throughout the year. She had land of 6 Ropani but was barren as irrigation was not possi-ble and she had to depend on rain com-pelling her to take loan even to feed herself and the family. She along with 2 daughters and a son were succumbed by poverty and low self-esteem due to vulnerable economic status. This was not only story of Ms. Garanja but other 29 households in the village were also in the similar condition.

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