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Seeds of Suicide; India’s desperate farmers
http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://thevisionresearchdotcom.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/seeds-of-suicide-indias-desperate-farmers/ Introduction Suicide by pesticide: It’s an epidemic in India, where farmers try to keep up with the latest pest-resistant seeds only to find themselves trapped in a vicious cycle of pesticides that don’t work, drought and debt. Since 1997, … Continue reading
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India’s GM seed piracy
http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://thevisionresearchdotcom.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/indias-gm-seed-piracy/ The farmers here like genetic modification (GM). In fact, they like it so much they are illegally cross-breeding Monsanto’s insect-resistant cotton with local plants to create their own GM varieties. A BBC investigation has confirmed widespread use of pirate … Continue reading
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