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202312 minTV-PGdoc-short

drought agro-ecology climate-change food-security Social Inequality

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Water for Gold

202312 minTV-PGdoc-short

In a village ravaged by drought, a determined farmer risks everything, including her gold, to save her livelihood!

drought agro-ecology climate-change food-security Social Inequality

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Water for Gold

2023• 12 minTV-PG

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In a village ravaged by drought, a determined farmer risks everything, including her gold, to save her livelihood!

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Recurring droughts have devastated the Indian village of Mhaswad. While others have ceased operations, cattle farmer Kerabai Sargar chooses to stay and fight, mortgaging her gold to survive.

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