Power failure and its impact- a journey by the coconut farmers paving to less production

Indian economy is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The agriculture sector is the back bone of Indian economy as it accounts for about fifty eight percent of the employment in the nation (2001 census). India is the third largest producer of coconut and leads ninety coconut producing countries of the world. The New Agriculture Policy (NAP) which promotes the Rainbow revolution has a feature of promoting private investments in agriculture as one of its special feature. The LPG era has created electricity to become inseparable with the agriculture. The unpredictable power cut for the past two years has uprooted the farmer community as a whole. The study highlights the status of the economic struggle faced by the farmers which has a direct impact towards their family. The power failure has failed to empower the farmers and their family. Gone are those days where the coconut farmers earned a lot with coconut and its palms. The number of times irrigating the crop per month has been got reduced due to power failure. The insecure production, economic status of the farmer’s family has worsened encouraging migration in search of jobs.