A dimension within General Economic Reflections
This theme examines how increasing fuel prices specifically affect agricultural practices, rural economies, and livelihoods, often intersecting with environmental concerns like deforestation.
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AI-synthesised pieces woven from many community voices on this theme. They may contain errors or interpretation — they're a reflection of the stories, not a record of fact.
Due to forests being destroyed day by day and the lack of proper rainfall, agriculture is not doing well.
— Suna Majhi
Today, significant changes are being observed in the forests of our region. Forests are being cut down, leading to climate change. Rain is occurring at irregular times. Agriculture is also being affected.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Forests are disappearing, livelihoods are being destroyed. Forests are also getting depleted, herbs are disappearing. It's not like it used to be.
— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
In today's era, forests are undergoing many kinds of changes and losses, such as trees being cut, herbs disappearing, animals becoming extinct, people migrating from one place to another, and insects.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We have seen many changes in the forest nowadays, such as trees and plants being cut down, the forest being deforested, herbs disappearing, animals and birds going extinct, and the water level depleting.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
In this village, the forest has been damaged a bit more than before this time. Herbs cannot be collected, and because of that, we...
— Padmini Bhoi
Nowadays, minds are more stressed than before. Forests, heat, everything is increasing. Forests are also being cut, and the heat is rising.
— Kachala Choudhary
In today's time, many changes are happening in the forests. Trees are being cut, medicinal plants are disappearing, animals are becoming extinct, and migration is happening very rapidly.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
In the present era, due to unseasonal weather, the yield of agricultural crops has decreased.
— Padmalochan Majhi · Ratachua, Rayagada, Odisha
In today's time, we have seen many significant changes in the forest, such as excessive deforestation, climate change, changing traditions, and people not following customs and rituals.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Large trees have been cut down, due to which it is becoming difficult to find forest vegetables and herbs.
— Kachala Choudhary
Herbs are running out, water and forests are getting depleted.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Due to excessive deforestation, we specifically have a shortage of water. Also, there is a significant shortage of food and fruits.
— Karunakar Uthansing · Maradipanga, Kandhamal, Odisha
It feels to me that in the coming times, farming remained very difficult, our work got a bit stalled, and now we can't do it as we understood previously.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Significant changes or losses are occurring in forests, such as trees and plants being cut down excessively, herbs disappearing, animals becoming extinct, and insects migrating from one place to another.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
The environment was good before, now it doesn't rain on time, due to which farming is not good.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
Depletion of natural resources, trees are being cut down, ponds are getting filled up, the balance of nature is deteriorating.
— VEER SINGH SIJUI · Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand
I feel that in the coming times, farming has remained very difficult, from one hardship to another. Our work has somewhat stalled, and we cannot do it anymore. It seems it was understood earlier.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Nowadays, forests are being cleared. We used to get food from the forest, but now we are not getting it. Instead, we are consuming food grown with chemical fertilizers.
— jitendra khila · kudumulugumma, Malkangiri, Odisha
In olden times, many kinds of herbs were available in our village, but in the current situation, due to the cutting of this forest, some conservation efforts could not be made, which means for us in the coming time...
— Mohan AHARI · Sarera, Udaipur, Rajasthan
Yes, we feel more stressed now than before because of seeing all these things like forest destruction, environmental degradation, and heat.
— Kachala Choudhary
Face more population, pollution. Now, vehicle pollution is high. There are more vehicles, all the trees have been cut. All the animals have decreased. Because of that, pollution is increasing a bit.
— Installation Visitor
Baldev Singh | 70 yrs The increasing fuel prices are directly effecting farming in our area. The prices of fertilisers, insecticides and other stuff used in farming have increased substantially. Moreover, the price of transportation has also increased. This is causing great problems for the community which is largly dependent on farming. The LPG cylinder rates have also hiked. There is no help from the government.
— Harmanjot Kaur · Rajgarh, Barnala, Punjab
Increasing pest infestation in farming, new types of pests are emerging, pesticides are expensive, and crop damage is high.
— VEER SINGH SIJUI · Kharasawan, Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand
Earlier, we used to farm with plows and oxen. Today, it's the age of machines, and we farm using them. However, we often face economic problems, due to which we have to go to the city separately to earn a living.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Yes, damage has definitely occurred. Previously, people used to obtain two traditional food items by cutting trees from the forest. Now, these are not available. Furthermore, there has been extensive damage to medicinal plants, and those are also not available.
— gobardhan pangi
In ancient times, people used to depend on the forest for their livelihood. But now, since the forest has become depleted, they are no longer able to get tubers, leaves, fruits, and roots from the forest. Therefore, the forest in greater quantity...
— SUBASH SABHASUNDAR · Gajapati, Odisha
Death's auspicious and inauspicious beauty. Previously, we used to sustain our livelihoods by collecting various roots from the forest. Now, roots are not available, and animals...
— Sasmita Mallick · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha
climate change
— Jayprakash Nayak · Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, Khordha, Odisha
Earlier, we used to keep seeds in earthen pots with neem leaves, but now those pots are not available. Their traditional profession is slowly coming to an end, and we are also forced to move towards modernity.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
The climate change that has occurred is due to us cutting down forests, destroying forests, the prevalence of more factories, and the smoke that is emitted from them.
— Prameswar Rana
We feel more stressed nowadays because the heat is increasing. The sun is getting stronger, and rain is happening untimely.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Our medicinal herbs, vegetables, fruits, and trees are depleting from the forests.
— Kachala Choudhary
Herbs/animals in the forest are undergoing changes or damage.
— AbhiLL Ipsa
Communities are increasingly mindful about the risks involved and low returns from nature based livelihood given the changes in climate.
— Aastha Mishra
Currently, in our forest, bamboo is not found, other wild produce is not found, mushrooms are not found. Also, our cashews are not doing well; the cashew cultivation that used to happen before is also not doing well.
— jitendra khila · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha
There is a lack of new technology, good seeds, and irrigation. We do farming, but the cost is high and the profit is low.
— VEER SINGH SIJUI · Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand
They do farming without water, but now it has decreased, it doesn't ripen.
— Kachala Choudhary
Our farming activities are affected by a lack of water.
— SUSANTA PATTNAYAK · Adaba, Gajapati, Odisha
In the past, various types of forest products, fruits, and roots were available, but now it requires effort.
— Padmalochan Majhi · Ratachua, Rayagada, Odisha
The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.
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