Getting worried about the farming crisis, an elected official (elected officials don’t usually worry about this) was asking the assistant how they can get more people to adopt farming.
The assistant simply said – we can create an advertisement in all
leading news papers in all local languages. The official agreed it’s a good idea and asked the assistant to prepare the ad. When the assistant was done with the ad the official understood why the farming situation is turning into a crisis but not an opportunity.
And the ad goes
Looking for a hard working individual who
- Should be willing to toil hard in the sun, get drenched in the rain
- Should work 7 days a week
- Should be prepared to just eat once a day
- Should be enterprising and innovative
- Should have the following management skills
- –> seed management
- –> soil management
- –> crop management
- –> pest management
- –> weather management
- –> #water management
- –> money management
- –> price management
- –> market management
- Should be willing to act ignorant despite having all the above management skills
- Should be willing to work without any appreciation
- Should forgo any career growth ambitions
- Should sign a contract to never go on a strike
- Should be willing to part with the land
- Should be willing to work without any insurance – #health insurance, crop insurance none of them
- Most importantly the individual should be willing to work without a salary every now and then