Cooperative farming is the only solution to the present agriculture crisis

http://countercurrents.org/2018/07/21/cooperative-farming-is-the-only-solution-to-the-present-agriculture-crisis/
Date Written:  2018-07-21
Publisher:  Countercurrents.org
Year Published:  2018
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX22788

A look at the agricultural crisis in India and the economic realities the country faces in a market tilted in favour of America and Europe. Solutions include government policy based on science in the use of land and water, less reliance on pesticides and fertilizers, and a move towards cooperative farming.

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Experience shows that in the present balance of world trade and agricultural production, our export-oriented agriculture can`t stand, because it is tilted in favour of America and Europe. While developed countries give huge subsidy on production and export to their farmers, our peasants are charged heavy input cost for fertilisers, seeds, pesticides, transport, storage etc. Whatever the central government boasts, the fact remains that India, even today, is dependent on the capital, trade and technology of developed countries and the government fails to protect the rights of our peasants. Government of India, in the name of export of agricultural products, signed "Agreement on Agriculture" under WTO. As a result our domestic market is flooded with foreign agricultural produce.