honorable mention
geetika singh kenya
title
From Dawn to Dusk
Various reasons such as monsoon failure, climate change, high debt burdens, government policies, mental health, personal issues, and family problems are among the reasons for farmers’ facing so much stress in India which is deteriorating quality of life.
Recently, India experienced over a year of mass protests by farmers over agricultural reforms, the largest such protests in decades.
In September 2020, tens of thousands of farmers from different states of India left their homes and took to the streets to protest against the farm reforms passed by the government . The reforms have left many farmers in a difficult situation. Some fear their long ongoing struggles will worsen and others fear the reforms will only add to the disturbing rash of farmer suicides across the country.
The only remedy to the crisis is to do all that is possible to make agriculture a profitable enterprise and attract the farmers to continue the crop production activities. As an effort toward this direction, the government should augment its investment and expenditure in the farm sector. Investment in agriculture and its allied sectors, including irrigation, transport, communication, rural market, rural infrastructure, and farm research, should be drastically increased
Overall, the government should aim at the integrated development of the rural areas. All farmers, agricultural laborers, societies, Government, and People’s Organisations should work collectively to revive agriculture and “Save India from Agriculture Crisis”.
I am Geetika Singh, A Travel photographer, Humanitarian, and Wildlife photographer born and brought in the Nothern plains of India.
As a travel photographer, my photographic portfolio spans the four corners of the globe and my favorite part of my travel photography is getting to meet people from different cultures.
Throughout much of my adult life, I’ve been traveling to many different countries, seeking adventure and ways to learn from and interact with cultures that are very different from my own and photography became a great excuse to look deeper and to make my experiences more intense.
Almost practicing for the last 10 years, the journey is unstoppable and my love for travel and wildlife has brought me to the Savanas of Africa.
Hence my work allows me to travel to different countries of the world and my goal is simply to explore and save the extinct culture, species, nature, and wildlife.
One of my other main passion is volunteering and working with non-profit organizations to help raise awareness for their causes and raise funds for their projects.
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More than 60 percent of India’s 1.3 billion people still depend primarily on agriculture for their livelihood, though the sector accounts for only about 15 percent of the country’s economic output. That reliance increased after the coronavirus pandemic badly struck the urban economy and sent millions of laborers back to their villages. For years, debts and bankruptcies have been driving farmers to high rates of suicide.Various reasons such as monsoon failure, climate change, high debt burdens, government policies, mental health, personal issues, and family problems are among the reasons for farmers’ facing so much stress in India which is deteriorating quality of life.
Recently, India experienced over a year of mass protests by farmers over agricultural reforms, the largest such protests in decades.
In September 2020, tens of thousands of farmers from different states of India left their homes and took to the streets to protest against the farm reforms passed by the government . The reforms have left many farmers in a difficult situation. Some fear their long ongoing struggles will worsen and others fear the reforms will only add to the disturbing rash of farmer suicides across the country.
The only remedy to the crisis is to do all that is possible to make agriculture a profitable enterprise and attract the farmers to continue the crop production activities. As an effort toward this direction, the government should augment its investment and expenditure in the farm sector. Investment in agriculture and its allied sectors, including irrigation, transport, communication, rural market, rural infrastructure, and farm research, should be drastically increased
Overall, the government should aim at the integrated development of the rural areas. All farmers, agricultural laborers, societies, Government, and People’s Organisations should work collectively to revive agriculture and “Save India from Agriculture Crisis”.
about the photographer
Hi….!!!I am Geetika Singh, A Travel photographer, Humanitarian, and Wildlife photographer born and brought in the Nothern plains of India.
As a travel photographer, my photographic portfolio spans the four corners of the globe and my favorite part of my travel photography is getting to meet people from different cultures.
Throughout much of my adult life, I’ve been traveling to many different countries, seeking adventure and ways to learn from and interact with cultures that are very different from my own and photography became a great excuse to look deeper and to make my experiences more intense.
Almost practicing for the last 10 years, the journey is unstoppable and my love for travel and wildlife has brought me to the Savanas of Africa.
Hence my work allows me to travel to different countries of the world and my goal is simply to explore and save the extinct culture, species, nature, and wildlife.
One of my other main passion is volunteering and working with non-profit organizations to help raise awareness for their causes and raise funds for their projects.
back to gallery