Meenakshi Kapoor is an independent researcher in environment and land policy.
Caste15 Sep 2021
“We were happy -- we wouldn’t have to work in others’ fields anymore. We were going to be farmers,” says Daksha Ben Babu Bhai Parmar, a […]
Agriculture06 Aug 2021
On May 14, 2021, while encouraging farmers to take up organic farming as he released the 8th instalment of the Pradhan Mantri- Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), […]
Inequality15 Jul 2021
Lassu Ben, 38, is an outspoken and resolute woman but even she sometimes hesitates to trade with the men at the local farm market. ‘Bahas mat […]
Climate and Environment20 Jun 2023
Government policies oblivious to gender and caste inequities leave women livestock farmers from lowered communities without economic safety nets.