Caption: At a mandal office of Obuladevara Chervu, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, farmers queue for groundnut seeds. Each farmer can get a maximum 120kg of seed, this is not enough. Each hectare of land requires 144kg. In many such offices, agricultural officers have been beaten up for lack of subsidised seeds. © Surya Sen
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IPSJ says
Seedy Policies Claim Farmers’ Lives
The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS — a farmers’ coalition) is organizing widespread campaigns and village actions against India’s Seed Bill, 2004.
The Seed Bill 2004 has invited wrath of farmers because it provides, among other things, that without…
IPSJ says
Seedy Policies Claim Farmers’ Lives
The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS — a farmers’ coalition) is organizing widespread campaigns and village actions against India’s Seed Bill, 2004.
The Seed Bill 2004 has invited wrath of farmers because it provides, among other things, that without…