despair and hope of guaranteed returns had forced farmers like suneet kulkarni to concentrate on cash crops like sugarcane and so we 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 where i live things about money what i want and the big decisions that need to be taken this is effective but a woman's approach is very different she thinks about the home and the needs of her family the food and the money that's required to survive well when they hit us. 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 83 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 labor