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Article | Life after loss: A day in the life of a farmer widow

15 July 2025

Widows grapple with hardships post farmer deaths related to agricultural distress in Marathwada. This story follows the day in the life of one such woman, Phulabai Pawar.More than 80 percent of Marathwada fields are rain-fed. Irrigation is not too widespread. But the unpredictability of the climate over the past few years has been impacting the farmers from this region.A cycle of loans and increasing debt puts pressure on farmers, who resort to suicide as a way out of the troubles, leaving behind families that have to pick up the pieces.

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