despair and hope of guaranteed returns had forced farmers like suneet kulkarni to concentrate on cash crops like sugar cane and so have been the money he earned was always ploughed back into the farm for the next season this meant there was very little to feed his family. his wife was determined to break the cycle. when a man works on the farm it's only things about money what they want and the big decisions that need to be taken this is it but a woman support is very different she thinks about the home and the needs of her family the food and the money that's required to survive when they get her. 3 years ago she insisted that her husband set aside one acre of farmland to grow fruit vegetables and greens to meet the food needs of the family not only that she insisted that the line be legally transferred to her name. for a woman to make such a demand was not only rare but revolutionary. in india 3 percent of farm land is inherited and owned by male members of the family while women inherit and on less than 2 percent. that many men have always had to work as farm laborers 70 per cent o