Climate change has made farming a challenge. With global temperatures rising each year, landless farmers are facing the brunt of climate change. In this episode, we will explore how Adhiya farmers are dealing with climate change.
But first, please like the video and subscribe to our channel for more such content in the future. Push the bell icon to receive updates every time we upload a video.
Rising temperatures and extreme weather patterns have become common. While landowners get compensation during bad harvests caused due to poor weather conditions, the landless farmers get no part of the relief.
The agricultural sector is the largest provider of employment in the country. The sector employs skilled and unskilled laborers from the rural areas. In addition to creating jobs, the sector is single-handedly responsible for feeding the mouths of billions. However, with rising temperatures and unpredictable weather patterns, landless farmers are forced to give up agricultural activities and find other jobs.
Adhiya farmers are farmers who don’t have any land and work on the fields of landowners under the verbal agreement that they would share half the produce. The landowner and the tenant share the cost of fertilizers and seeds and during harvest, they share the produce. However, things completely change during a bad harvest.
Landowners get subsidies and compensation from the government during bad harvests caused due to poor weather. The Adhiya farmers get no part of the compensation nor do they get anything for their work in the field.
While countries across the world have pledged on achieving Net Zero, Adhiya farmers live at the mercy of the weather gods.
The Indian Government and various international bodies are closely working on various strategies to counter the climate change issue. An article published on New India Express mentions the following:
“The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) underscores the need to address the far-reaching consequences of climate change on agriculture. The AR6 highlights the vulnerabilities of global food systems and emphasises the pressing need for adaptation and mitigation strategies to safeguard food production and ensure global food security in the face of a climate crisis.”
Climate change cannot be reversed in a short period. The extent of the seriousness can be measured by the fact that weather patterns have drastically changed. Monsoon patterns have changed, heat waves become more frequent and winters have become milder, making agricultural activities difficult.
While it is true that governments and international bodies are working to tackle the climate change issue, the burning question is: will the Adhiya farmers benefit from it?
How did you find this information? Please mention this in the comments section. We would also like to know the kind of content you want to watch, and we will try to create it for you. For more news and updates, follow Airr News.
#AdhiyaFarmers #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeatherPatterns #AgriculturalActivities #LandlessFarmers #BadWeather #VerbalAgreement #InformalAgreement #RuralIndia #Empoyement #Farmers #LandlessFarmers #RuralEmpoyement #Landowners #AirrNews #NewsInEnglish #NorthIndia #SouthIndia #AgricuturalDevelopement
