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BHOPAL, 06/09/2009: Farmers in the Bundelkhand region have abandoned their cattle as maintaining them is proving too costly. Here, abandoned cattle on NH-86. Photo: A. M. Faruqui

Running roughshod over livelihoods

Developments following the “cow protection” efforts of the government and other social organisations have not only crippled an already beleaguered liv
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Angry Chilli farmers ransack an eNAM office at the agricultural market yard in Khammam, Telangana, on April 30. The farmers were offered just Rs. 2,000-4,000 a quintal this year while they got Rs. 12,000 a quintal last year.

A wake-up call

The Modi government needs to move beyond empty rhetoric and gimmicks to clear policy formulation and implementation to solve the agrarian crisis, whic
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A labourer rides on a tractor which sprays pesticide onto plants at a farm that supplies fresh produce to Wal-Mart in Narayangaon, about 180 km (112 miles) west of Mumbai September 27, 2012. Picture taken September 27, 2012. To match Analysis WALMART-INDIA/SUPPLIERS REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD AGRICULTURE)

Towards corporatocracy

The inherent danger of corporatisation of the farm sector is price volatility and the alignment of domestic food prices with international food and oi
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