The remote rain-fed western region of West Bengal is one of the poorest in the state. Most farmers belong to disadvantaged tribal communities. With few irrigation facilities, they only manage a single crop of paddy during monsoon rains.
However, the lives of many farmers changed after a World Bank-supported project helped build small irrigation facilities. Farmers now harvest two crops each year and are no longer leaving their villages in search of work elsewhere.
Original source: World Bank
Published on 21 March 2019
