Cathryn
The Force is Strong With This One
This is about serious exploitation by agribusiness, of farmers in India so desperate that they are killing themselves. Their wives protesting during Obama visit, were not even allowed to hand a protest memorandum to him.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6882105.cms
From the text:
"Tiwari said the memorandum listed out how 'American' Bt Cotton — that promised a bumper yield — turned a once lush green Vidarbha into dying fields of farmers. Over 10,000 farmers opted for this seed variety and eventually brought immense financial distress and spelt misery to over three-fourths of the farmers. Terming the tall claims of Bt Cotton being a commercially viable proposition as a hoax, Tiwari said BT seed has driven the farmers to the brink, so much so that one farmer commits suicide every eight hours on an average every day in Vidarbha."
Read more: Widows of farmers protest Obama visit - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6882105.cms#ixzz14bMshZuz
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6882105.cms
From the text:
"Tiwari said the memorandum listed out how 'American' Bt Cotton — that promised a bumper yield — turned a once lush green Vidarbha into dying fields of farmers. Over 10,000 farmers opted for this seed variety and eventually brought immense financial distress and spelt misery to over three-fourths of the farmers. Terming the tall claims of Bt Cotton being a commercially viable proposition as a hoax, Tiwari said BT seed has driven the farmers to the brink, so much so that one farmer commits suicide every eight hours on an average every day in Vidarbha."
Read more: Widows of farmers protest Obama visit - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/6882105.cms#ixzz14bMshZuz
