Seed Suicides in India

 Seed Suicides (India): Seed suicide is a term which has been reflects the problems and challenges facing by Indian farmers. Hundred of poor farmers have been fighting against the international seed companies which force them to invest in agriculture. Over the past decades, we have seen that many poor farmers had committed suicide because of agricultural loans.

According to Indian environmentalist Vandana Shiva, the Indian farmers of rural areas are worst affected by the trade liberalization of Indian agriculture. The privatization of seed distribution had put the farmers on stake, under the policy of trade liberalization. In the past experience, it has been seen that farmers had committed suicide or taken extreme step to avoid risk of crop failure. 

On the word of globalization the multinational companies had been using chemicals and other fertilizers to get quick agriculture and sell them in market at higher price. Whereas, the poor farmers do not get the market exposure and sell their agriculture on very low prices.

Thus, World Trade Organization (WTO) and international lending institutions such as World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank and others has emerged a view that global trade and capital movement benefit only multinational companies and not the farmers alone.

Therefore, the World Trade Organization, had recommended reducing subsidiaries to farmers, increase government involvements, privatization of public sector units etc. It has the implication that in order to use high yielding patented varieties of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, the users have to pay a fee to the respective agriculture holders.

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