Community-led farming initiative restores wastelands, rural incomes in North India

In North India, vast tracts of land turned into wasteland in recent years as farmers abandoned cultivating their fields — partly because it was unprofitable to farm their small patches of land and partly because stray animals destroyed crops they planted. Now some farmers have come together to restore these wastelands in an initiative that is helping rural women raise their income. Anjana Pasricha reports. Camera: Rakesh Kumar