By Sangit Dutta | Shivia Livelihood Service Provider
I was very pleased to meet Suchita in her village in 2022. At that time her husband was in Kolkata trying to find work as a construction labourer but he struggled to send any money home to support the family. Suchita bravely took matters into her own hands and joined our agriculture programme to make use of their small and abandoned plot of land. She wanted to grow flowers which fetch a good price at the local market. Over the last two years she has used all the techniques we have taught her to make her plot fertile and productive. She makes her own organic compost and, with our intervention, has received free seeds from the government. Suchita is the only women in the Farmer Interest Group in her village but that makes her even more proud of her achievements. Her family are equally proud of her too.
Suchita told us, "I was extremely sad when my husband left for the city and left the land abandoned. I am happy Shivia helped me to prove that even a woman can achieve what is usually achieved by men in our village. My children are proud of me and this makes me even happier and confident to go on and lease more land to expand my flower business in the future!”
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