[P2P-F] Fwd: India : 250,000 farmers have committed suicide...

[Michel Bauwens]

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From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <dante.monson at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, May 18, 2011 at 5:37 PM
Subject: India : 250,000 farmers have committed suicide...
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http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/250-000-farmers-have-committed-suicide-and-chemical-intensive-methods-have-devastated-the-land-now-india-s-poorest-women-are-growing-a-quiet-revolution-seeds-of-hope-1.1101502?localLinksEnabled=false

WTF is going on???

250,000 farmers have committed suicide and chemical-intensive methods have
devastated the land Now India’s poorest women are growing a quiet revolution
Seeds of hope

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15 May 2011

*BIG business agriculture promoted by Western corporations is to blame for
up to a quarter of a million farmers committing suicide over the last 10
years, according to community leaders in India.*

Poor farmers are forced to take out big loans to buy expensive pesticides
and fertilisers, and to dig wells for the increasing amounts of water they
need. But when their crops fail, or their wells dry up, they fall into debt
– and many thousands kill themselves out of desperation.

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 8:06 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson <
dante.monson at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Many farmers grow their own food separately from the chemically-raised
> crops they sell. "I feel there is nothing safe I can eat now because people
> are in too much of a hurry to make money," said Huang Zhanliang, a farmer in
> Hebei."
>
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/17/exploding-watermelons-chinese-farming
>





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