Bihar, India. An Indian family with the patch of land they farm. The whole village owns the land communly.

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Bihar, India. An Indian family with the patch of land they history, popular discontent with land-related matters has been a major cause in social upheavals. To those who labor upon the land, the landowner's privilege of appropriating a substantial portion —in some cases half or even more— of production seems a rank injustice. Cooperative farming as in the village of Kaushila, arrangements are made to get the best deals on seeds, supplies, and heavy equipment and to prevent undercutting by competitors. Poor, Poverty, Land,

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Location: Bihar, India
Photo credit: © Tom Hanley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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