How Solar Parks and Land Grabs Are Forcing India’s Rainfed Farmers off Their Fields
In the parched outskirts of Koppal, Karnataka, 58-year-old Mallamma gazed out at her three-acre field being covered by glass panels, where tur dal (pigeon pea) once grew. In the 2025 season, she didn’t sow anything. She looked at her hands and said, “These hands knew nothing else other than to prepare the field; sow the…