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Shyam Singh, 44, a farmer, said that agriculture is the only source of his income to survive his family. India is an agrarian country, with around 60% of its population depending on agriculture. |
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This is the hut of Shyam Singh, where he and his family have been living for the last five years. He said, "We are helpless to live in a small hut. If we had money, we would have a house.". |
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| Shyam Singh is working on his farm and supplying water to the crop. He said, The government never helps us, as every year my crop is damaged byy flooding."The agriculture sector in India shares 16% of GDP (Gross Domestic Product). |
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| Rajkumar Singh, the 16-year-old son of Shyam Singh, works with his father. He left school because his family couldn't afford to send him to school. He said,There is no government scheme for farmers' children.". |
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| Rajkumar Singh is working on the farm. He said that if they had money, he would go to school and never have done this work. He wanted to be a teacher, but his dream has now ended. |
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| Ramwati, wife of Shyam Singh, is carrying her cow for food. She also works with her husband in farming. |
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Bablu, a farmer, said the government never helps us. Many times, our crops are destroyed due to flooding. India’s 80% farmland relies on flooding during monsoon season. Source: Wikipedia article on Indian farmers'. |
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From left to right, Rajkumar, Bablu, and Shyam are talking to each other. Every year, 13.7% of farmers commit suicide throughout |
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| Shyam Singh is going home after working the whole day. He said that the government never helps us. We always live in trouble. During the year 2011–2012, 16272 farmer’s suicides and 46 farmer’s suicides occurred every day in |
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Rajkumar and his father are relaxing after finishing work. Shyam Singh said, “We always went to government officials to get loans to buy seed for the crops. Every time they refused our application and pushed us." |
