Operations on an Areca Nut Farm as India's Rural Economy Shows Signs of Recovery

Coils of cable hang from areca palms at an areca nut farm in the village of Kuragunda in Karnataka, India, on Thursday, March 8, 2018. With almost 70 percent of India's 1.3 billion people living in rural villages and agriculture contributing about 16 percent of gross domestic product, what happens in the sector determines not only Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election fate, but also growth prospects for the $2.3 trillion economy. Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg via Getty Images