How women farmers in Jharkhand’s Torpa Block are witnessing change, one crop at a time
This is the story of how women farmers in Torpa Block, Kunti District in Jharkhand, are seeing increased yield, and witnessing a change in their socio-economic status after NGO PRADAN’s Project LEAP took off.
“Juhar”, say Itwari Devi and Pushpa Devi together as they look into the camera, their smiles wide and with a happiness that lights up their faces.
The traditional Jharkhandi ‘Juhar’ is both a salutation and a greeting, used by tribal communities to convey respect. They also explain it’s one of the rituals of Nuakhai, a combination of nua, which means new, and khai, eat – a festival that welcomes the new crop.