Spending at least six hours a day on the field, women workers are given responsibility to turn the field into green carpet with paddy saplings. Photo: T. Appala Naidu
A woman, in her `70s, turns to paddy field for sowing operations near Guduru village in Krishna District. Photo: T. Appala Naidu
Migrant workforce from northern Andhra Pradesh have come to the rescue of the farmers in Krishna District for completion of sowing operations by early September. Photo: T. Appala Naidu
Farmers with the support of womenfolk in large numbers speed up sowing operations in Krishna District. Photo: T. Appala Naidu
Women agricultural workers preparing land with plastic ropes for sowing paddy saplings in a straight row near Guduru village in Krishna District. Photo: T. Appala Naidu
Agricultural women workers prepare land with a plastic rope for sowing paddy saplings in a straight line atr Guduru village in Krishna district. Photo: T. Appala Naidu