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Number Theory: Indispensable yet invisible — What India’s tribal farmers need

BySourindra Mohan Ghosh,
Jan 21, 2025 08:58 AM IST

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The debate on India’s food problem increasingly focuses on food distribution, even though economic and institutional bottlenecks of agricultural production persist, particularly for marginalised sections. Tribal farmers, despite their community-led strategies rooted in seed conservation, production and consumption, remain largely excluded from the policy discourse. Here is what the data shows.

A farmer carries vegetables on his head during a foggy day in Kolkata.(Photo by Samir Jana/ Hindustan Times)
A farmer carries vegetables on his head during a foggy day in Kolkata.(Photo by Samir Jana/ Hindustan Times)
Indispensable yet invisible — What India’s tribal farmers need
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