dry land cultivation

DRY LAND CULTIVATION ( published in UPI Asia blogosphere)
Pune, India, October 13 — My father, a farmer died because of a loanburden and searching water tables in the well. Forty five years ago,he used to cultivate chillies, cotton, jowhar, vegetables and pulses.
Now, in our village, in India, there is no water in the wells. Peopleuse rain water for cultivating crops. Many trees have been cut downand slowly the land is becoming barren. Young people are migrating tocities. If this is the case now, what will happen after 50 years?
The people in villages look for government jobs and wealthy projects.Nobody wants to work in the fields. Private companies also do not want to take risks by investing time and money in agriculture especially inplaces where water is scarce. The water table is going deep down andwill take close to 100 of years to recharge with water. How willpeople survive in these circumstances?
Training farmers in dry land cultivation, rain water harvesting,improved method of cultivation and protecting the land is necessary.However, if goals and suggestions remain only on paper, then, what isthe future of our motherland?
Involving women in crop cultivations and giving them land is also oneway of helping reforms. In the current population, more than half thewomen are banished from this noble task. So, they should be trainedand given the responsibility of cultivating land.
Let us not put reforms on paper but implement land reforms.