Sustainable Farming Practices

Ha hmm, what do you think? If everyone else goes to enjoy themselves, what should happen to the farmers' children? Have the cities become such without farmers? They have grown up here until now, earning lakhs of salaries, and today they say they don't want farmers' children. Okay, you didn't write it, write it down.

— Uma mahadevappa

Are you doing well? We are going for some work. Beyond that, we are leaving having gained nothing. What have we gotten? Why is there no development? What have the villagers done for us? We went for wages, but we were not paid.

— Likith Dip · Shivalli, Mandya, Karnataka

Whom should I ask? To no one. Now, if we say we want to make a village a smart village, basic amenities are needed. How can we get basic amenities, sir? Those basic...

— Bhargvi · Pandavapura, Mandya, Karnataka

We farmers have to maintain the expenses, we have to try to earn income accordingly, we have to use all these, I am looking at how much is needed here, the farmers will not do all that, the government gives two rice.

— Bhargvi · Pandavapura, Mandya, Karnataka

There is no information. If you want to know information, what should you do?

— Likith Dip · Hulikere Koppalu, Mandya, Karnataka

That's the only job, putting it on, putting it on, what happens? It's going away. Oh, where, where should I inquire? I don't know. Go to the Social Welfare Department and bring it. We don't know where or what.

— Darshan S.K · Shivalli, Mandya, Karnataka

Okay, tell me, has he taken a license for such an industrial project, for one banne, and he hasn't stopped it, nothing, the work is done, it's been more than three months, I can't even get a building license. Urban and Rural Planning Department indifference.

— Darshan S.K · Shivalli, Mandya, Karnataka

After that, everyone gets involved in occupational matters. And until they get involved in the occupation, there is a problem. If all garments are taken, then (it's a) dog, because who are the weeders, who are they? And now, government writes about government crops.

— Likith Dip

Brother, he hasn't properly covered the soil and left. Not even one street road is correct. Not even one drainage pipe is correct. There's no neatness. The light poles, brother, they take money from the Panchayat, they come, brother, but they haven't installed a single light. What haven't I done, sir? This circle, brother, here's the circle.

— Likith Dip · Shivalli, Mandya, Karnataka

I am speaking from here, from Peru. I am interested in finding out if the fruits and vegetables here are grown using organic farming or chemical farming. The fruits are very good and very fresh. But I don't know what kind of farming they are doing.

— Srinivas Mangipudi · Orrantia, Lince, Lima Metropolitana

Alright, that's fine, sir. Water will flow, won't it? How should this sapling be planted? It won't be a problem in the morning. By afternoon, one can clean, change it, and leave. Correct? Oh, okay, it's done. That's all for now.

— Likith Dip · Kanaganamaradi, Mandya, Karnataka

I need two lakhs (200,000 rupees). If I get those two lakhs, I have one acre of land where I can harvest 60 tons of sugarcane. From that, the income will be 30,000. If we cultivate organically, the income will be only 3,000. [The last part is unclear and seems like an incomplete sentence. It could mean something like "What's the use/benefit for me?"]

— Bhargvi

Tell me, there is a problem with fungus rain in Halebidu, the drains are not cleaned, even if the Gram Panchayat gives it, there is no use, there is no use, they say all the roads are broken, what's the use?

— rakshitha raju · Menagara, Mandya, Karnataka

What's the use, father? I'm telling you, I'm 100% sure, son, that absolutely no development has taken place in our Shivahalli village's Dudda Hobli. No development has happened in Dudda Hobli. Do you want to say anything else? Is there any other problem? No business, no work has been done, my dear.

— Darshan S.K

If there are only men in the field, where will the food come from? There won't even be rice available later. Therefore, women also need to work patiently here.

— Darshan S.K · Haravu, Mandya, Karnataka

There is no road system in our area. The drain construction is half-finished. We raise cows that eat 'boosa' (fodder), and we have to carry this 'boosa' from another street. We have absolutely no road system here. Someone has said that no one will provide a road. They have stopped the drain and road work.

— Manjunatha G B · Kanaganamaradi, Mandya, Karnataka

What are they doing if they are calling by now? We would have gone and inquired, but oh, we don't even know where to inquire here. They told us to go to the Social Welfare Department, but we don't know anything about where or what to do there, so we didn't go.

— Likith Dip

I did not do it, who did not do it in Pamana Gavadibadatulge, nothing can be done, and then these roads are not there, they have fallen, what remains of them, if something happens to the poor

— Likith Dip · Shivalli, Mandya, Karnataka

Yes, yes, if I have to be a farmer, tell them I won't give permission. First, fix a proper market and price for the farmers and motivate them about the crops, then it will be beneficial for the farmers for the next developments regarding rates.

— Bhargvi

Sir, what happened there? We have an issue concerning Chiradi among us. People who were expecting more work from a certain side are just observing faces. The party thinks they are of that kind. Nothing will happen according to their wishes.

— Darshan S.K · Kharadya, Mandya, Karnataka

We have been working until now. They told us, 'We are SC voters, SC community members, let's work, do the work, and we will arrange for a low grant.' But after that, if they just form a society, we will have no support. If there's work, there's an opportunity; otherwise, there isn't. What's the benefit for us in inquiring further about this? This is about government work.

— rakshitha raju

Now, we have some of our lands in the T.H. Sidra area. Okay, we have a significant road problem for our land there. This is because, from there, we have to carry things for a minimum distance. Even if we grow any crop, there's no proper road now, nothing at all.

— Likith Dip · Shivalli, Mandya, Karnataka

We will not go for any of this. Are there good facilities in your village's government offices? If there is no hospital available, where will they go now?

— Likith Dip · Hullenahalli, Mandya, Karnataka

Farmers are not getting the right price and not getting the right information also about the market. There should be clear ways to find these out otherwise very difficult.

— Shram

Madam/Sir, that's why meters haven't been installed. Also, for those roads, normally some necessary work hasn't been done. The pipeline has been laid well. Some (connections) work, some don't. Some taps get damaged repeatedly. Water is not reaching them. They haven't provided for the future.

— Ranjan · Mahadeshwarapura, Mandya, Karnataka

No, they are not doing it. No one from the government. Once a bull appeared. For three days, even the minor roads in the village are not ready. Modi's governance, Modi's governance! No one is cleaning, right? Who will do it? Come and see the village, look at the Gram Panchayat (village council).

— Likith Dip

No one is telling us anything here, we don't know, no one is saying anything.

— Preetham Preethu · Haravu, Mandya, Karnataka

What development is this?

— Uma mahadevappa

Basani Basani sir, on behalf of farmers, if 'giving a girl' means 'not giving,' then farmers should have all the necessary facilities, they own land, they are working hard, they are involved in all aspects, and they are getting educated.

— Manjunatha G B

Do it, tell me, there is so much. There is no kitchen in one place, they couldn't even build that. Modi's drains are not clean, they haven't been built yet. The problem is the same on that side too.

— Likith Dip · Shivalli, Mandya, Karnataka

We don't know anything about what's here. There's a grocery store nearby, they know the details about Kurpar. If you talk to them there and ask, you'll know.

— Likith Dip

I haven't given it for that reason. We should manage things ourselves. So, we've decided to ask the MLA and Swamijis about it, that's all. For now, we won't do anything until then.

— Likith Dip

There are a lot of problems in Pandavapura, especially regarding electricity and water scarcity. And I want to look into solutions. Instead of relying on software, why don't you build something else? When my friends visit this place... Right?

— Bhargvi · Pandavapura, Mandya, Karnataka

What has this government given you? Nothing from this government. From Modi's side, only a gas connection named Bhagya Jyothi came, that's all. They haven't done anything else for us, not even for the village's development. What else can we do? We just do labor work and survive.

— Likith Dip · Shivalli, Mandya, Karnataka