Dhoker Jhara


Dhoker Jhara

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Each year the Santal people have to borrow money to purchase seed. By the time they harvest and get the crop to market they have little money left after paying back the loan. Most grow a single crop per year which is usually rice. This makes the farmers risk very high due to crop price changes, disease and weather. Also, many children have a hard time concentrating at school because they are not getting the nutrition their little bodies need to grow and think.

The India GHNI National Leader tells us, “In my village all the people are farmers. These farmers are totally depending upon the rainy season and so they have only one crop in whole year. That means the land is used only for 4 to 6 months depending on the kind of land and crop. This situation affects the lives in village in many ways. Rest of the year they go out to search for work. This hurts the education for their children because when the farmers go out to find work their families go with them and they pull their children out of school.”

GHNI plans to begin implementing TCD efforts through a demonstration acre called ‘The Miracle Acre’ where through careful conservation of soil and drip irrigation we will be able to show local families and farmers how to get a second crop each year.

If Dhoker Jhara is successful, it will be a model village for TCD in nearby villages to also escape impoverished conditions.