Farmer suicide on rise as India's rural crisis deepens
YAVATMAL, India (AFP) - Despite failed crops and mounting debts, the family of Indian cotton farmer Chandrakant Gurenule never believed his suicide threats until he set himself alight and fled their home in flames.
So here's a product designed to improve life for what amounts to subsistence farming: cheap, hardy, and higher yielding.
So what does Monsanto do? Jacks up the price. And now we see 9,000 farmers have committed suicide for the benefit of Monsanto's bottom line.
Disgraceful.
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