For more than six months a year, vast swathes of land in the rain-dependent rice belts of Jharkhand remained barren, forcing farmers to migrate to other cities in search of livelihoods.
The trend has reversed at least in one place, in the Maoist-infested Bishunpur block in Gumla district
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/jharkhands-barren-fields-have-new-crop-papaya
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/indian-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/papaya
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/horticulture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gumla-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drought-prone-areas
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ngo
