Much of South Asia, and it appears, much of the world seems to be going through drought and the occurance of drought seems to be increasing in both intensity and frequency. However, the governments have hidden behind the veil of market sentiments to explain the rising food prices, growing hunger and increasing farmer suicides. As Devender Sharma reports, there are places where innovative practices have transformed the conditions, but these don’t interest the planners because they could be done with very limited, but crucial resources. In other words, the corruption potential in them remains too little for those who control the resources to be interested in.
Here is the full Hardnews article by Devinder Sharma
