A woman shares how agroecology-based farming has allowed her to cultivate a wide variety of crops and vegetables that she wasn’t growing before. She explained that this variety has improved her own and her family's diet, providing them with better nutrition and health. She also highlights how growing vegetables and pulses has reduced her household expenses, leading to savings that were previously unthinkable. 

A woman whose husband committed suicide describes how she fought with her in-laws to gain control of the land. Initially, her in-laws doubted her ability to farm, believing she lacked the knowledge and skills. However, after adopting agroecological practices, she successfully transformed the farm, leading to visible improvements and diverse crop production. Her testimony emphasizes how her success has changed her in-laws' attitudes toward her, recognizing her capability and strength. 

Two Dalit (hitherto untouchables) women share their experiences. The first woman talks about the struggles of the Dalit community in acquiring Gairan land (community grazing lands), emphasizing the discrimination from the upper caste. The second woman discusses how things have changed since they began practicing agroecology-based farming. She explains how the neighbouring Maratha women farmers' behaviour has changed, and they now approach them for seeds and vegetables. Maratha women are also requesting them to be included in the agroecology programme. This change reflects a growing recognition of Dalit women's farming skills and a shift in the social dynamics that previously reinforced caste-based discrimination.

Neelima Renghe from Yawatmal who is practicing agroecology-based, self-reliant mixed farming shares her experience, by saying: "When I practiced chemical farming, the soil was hard and difficult to work with. Since doing agroecology-based self-reliant farming the soil has become soft and fertile." 

One woman farmer, who belongs to an indigenous community, shares that she is part of the Adivasis caste, and traditionally, they only grew crops for their own consumption. Her grandmother would grow food crops and provide them with the food they needed. But when her father started farming, he focused only on three crops —cotton, soybean, and pigeon pea. They stopped growing the traditional Adivasi food crops and forgot about them. However, now she is practicing agroecology-based, self-reliant farming, and she is growing traditional vegetables again. 

The testimonies of four women farmers highlight how agroecology is helping them to recover from the negative impacts of conventional farming. They share how, previously, chemical farming was costly, but now their farming expenses have reduced. They now grow vegetables on their farms, leading to economic savings. Where they once practised single-crop farming, they now use mixed farming methods, bringing diversity to their fields and improving soil quality. Additionally, this approach has brought them social recognition —now even women from upper castes interact with them because of the changes brought by agroecology. Each woman presents these experiences in her individual interview.