A farmer returns with blighted wheat crop in Kacchipurva village in Banda district, Uttar Pradesh. Most farmers in the state lost their ready-to-harvest rabi crop due to unseasonal rains in February and March this year
Rahul, Athole’s brother, now faces a debt of Rs 3.5 lakh. He has replaced his entire cotton crop with sugarcane this year, hoping to get better returns