Wave Of Suicides Among Indian Farmers
December 19th, 2011 | Food Security, GMOs, Our Food, cotton, farmer, GMO, India, Monsanto, rights, suicide
Alex Rossi, India correspondent reports on the most recent surge of suicides in India. This has been going on for more than a decade now. I remember how shocked I was when I first learned of this terrible situation, since then it has only gotten worse. Monsanto and other corporations in the Big Ag world will stop at nothing until there is nothing left. Do we need any more proof of this?
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The record suicide rate among farmers in India continues to rise and is threatening the country’s stability and future development, according to campaigners.
They are blaming the government’s policies for the agrarian crisis and are demanding it takes urgent action.
More than a quarter of a million farmers have killed themselves in the last 16 years in what is the largest recorded wave of suicides in history.