"Farmers Protection Act"?

[Capt M Kumar]

Agriculture economist Devender Sharma.points out the need for a farm land conservation law. Most countries have such a law, he says. The Phililippines enacted such a law recently when it realised its food security was in danger.



The Pipari village in Tappal has no power, no National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Wasn’t it better that townships came up and brought work? If you pose this question to villagers, right from the 10-year-old school boys to 80-year-old farmers, you get the counter-question—What will you eat?



Can food grow in IT cities and malls? They know it. Their city-bred leaders don’t.



So, who is the real soldier? The farmer fighting for our right to food or leaders trying to facilitate sale of farm land? http://www.businessstandard.com/india/ne...le/406171/