A google search of ???Indian farmer??? reveals rows of prominent men posing in the backdrop of lush greenery. However, women constitute 75% of the workforce in India???s agrarian sector. Women in India, despite their high productivity and engagement with almost all farm processes, are still alienated from the identity of a tenant and that of a farmer. This photo essay positions itself in exploring the task of social change on individual women who have yet to be identified as farmers in the mainstream depiction of farmers. For every governmental and non-governmental agent, it is important to understand the imperative of risk and reward for women. The purpose of the photo essay is to sensitize its audience about the myriad of odd jobs women are engaged in every day.

This photo essay depicts a day in the life of a natural farmer ??? Sujata Pradhan of Nimapada, Odisha. Affiliated to the non-profit organisation Darbar Sahitya Sansad, Sujata has been a pioneer in her village in adopting and promoting natural farming. Sujata has successfully transformed vegetable strips into natural farms and reduced the input of urea and DAP for paddy fields. She is an active member of her Vegicosta Producer company and an expert in Chanduas, a decorative cloth art owing its lineage to the Puri Jagannath temple traditions.

Sital Kumar is a student enrolled in the Master???s program in Development at Azim Premji University, Bangalore. Interested in the intersection of gender and agriculture, he has been closely working with Darbar Sahitya Sansad and Sai Pratik Ojha in pockets of Odisha.

All photos for this essay have been taken by the author with full and informed consent of Sujata Pradhan and her affiliated organisation ??? Darabar Sahitya Sansad.