"Farmers Protection Act"?

[Husky]

Maybe I didn't look hard enough, but couldn't find an Agriculture thread in the Business & Economy section.

But a thread on the serious state of Farmers would be appropriate too, I suppose.



From the blog at bharatabharati.wordpress.com



The particularly interesting bits - that are relevant to the topic of Indian farmers/agriculture - are the comments by "cmn".



(The main article itself is called

VIDEO: Their Last Journey: Cattle trafficking to Kerala – Temple Worshippers Society

Posted on October 25, 2012 by IS)

cnm, on October 23, 2012 at 4:29 PM said:



[color="#0000FF"]There is a great deal of migration of youth belonging invariably to farmers’ families is taking place from rural India to cities or industrially developed locations. Such devastating is this immigration that if this trend continues all agricultural activities will come to a naught in next one decade or so. The reason for this migration is that agriculture is a thankless job in India. The anglicized, secular, anti-national elite class that has been ruling the country ever since the departure of the British never fails to look down upon the farmers as illiterate, uncouth, superstitious and what not. Besides, agriculture is no more a profitable profession in India. Expensive fertilizers, pesticides, non availability of cheap labour and the introduction of tractors and power tillers have rendered it unprofitable. So when industrialization has opened up opportunity for them to abandon agriculture they have done that even if they have to work as hapless labourers in industries in rather hostile conditions. I have no doubt that the MNCs (which include Indian Corporations also) engaged in farming are always in the look out of such opportunities to grab the uncultivated land of the poor Indian farmers who have to abandon farming for the above reasons. Sooner or later total agricultural sector will be in the hands of the MNCs. Now any body can guess what will happen to the Indians[/color]

Yeah well, the anglicised nitwits at the top of the social and political hierarchy in India - and who are eagerly directing India to its predictable doom - aren't known for having any working grey cells. So of course they would look down on farmers.

When everyone else - who has at least half a brain - knows that farmers/agriculture are a great boon (a great good fortune) to Hindu India. The primary sector is always the base for autonomy of a nation, and autonomy is the basis for self-determination. So if Indians kill that (or allow it to be killed) - then we deserve the consequences, nah?

I'm sure people will pseudo-intellectualise the "necessity" of this "progression" too. India's anglicised progressives are good at that.

Wish Indians would have studied what AmeriKKKa did to S America, instead of repeating the experiences in many ways.

Dr. Vijaya Rajiva, on October 24, 2012 at 2:11 PM said:



@cnn: is it possible to start self sufficient subsistence style farming as small enterprises? Then, the price of fertilisers etc. will not be as great a problem. And the availability of labour can be countered by family members chipping in.



A couple of years ago there was a report about a village which decided that it did not want Monsanto, because they saw the ill effects in neighbouring villages. So, a woman learned to ride a bycycle and rode all day around the village to drive off any agents from Monsanto.



She was called The General.

("The General"? Remind me not to get on the wrong side of her...)

cnm, on October 26, 2012 at 5:18 PM said:



[color="#0000FF"]Yes, Vijayaji, it is very much possible. Provided that every household has to tend desi cows as was the case in earlier days. Without cow self-sufficiency is just impossible. I can understand, for city dwellers it is difficult at the moment to rear cows but people living in rural India can do that with little effort. Besides, city dwellers have to find out ways to start rearing cows. After all it is a question of their survival. Whether we like it or not we have to give up the present form of industrialization fashioned after western model of development at one point of time or other or else we are heading for disaster for sure.



I hail from a place which is industrially the most developed district in Orissa. I must say that the thirty years of aggressive industrialization has turned my heaven like village to a virtual hell making it the most uninhabitable place in the state. It is now India’s one of the most polluted areas. Before the inception of industrialization, the district was the leading producer of all kinds of desi vegetables, pulses, sugar cane, oil seeds and other agricultural products in Orissa. The uniqueness of the agricultural products of my district is that they are matchless in quality and taste and they bear rich medicinal values. This apart, my district was famous for her forest produce as a large part of the district was under the cover of thick deciduous forest including a good number of sandal trees. Now, vegetables (mostly hybrid kinds), prices of which are unbelievably high, are being imported to this district from other parts of the state even outside the state. Agricultural activities are no more to be seen. Large chunks of agricultural lands have been acquired by various by different companies for setting up industries. People have become more or less indentured labourers and have been working with those companies which have grabbed their hearths and home for the establishment of plants. Now the irony is that these companies are making huge profits all at cost the people of the district. Various diseases resulting from severe environmental pollution is on the increase in the district. This apart, the crime rate has gone up in this area which was once a fairly peaceful place.



So desi cow is the key. It can solve our energy problem in the most sustainable way. Please read this article articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-12-08/edit-page/27160438_1_methane-gas-gobar-gas-lpg-and-kerosene. Similarly, our farmer-brothers do not need to depend on the poisonous chemical fertilizers and pesticides. For, cow dung is the best manure to be used in agricultural field. Again, cow urine can be used to prepare the best kind of pesticides. I have successfully prepared them and distributed them among farmers. They really work wonders. Besides, there is no need to use the fuel consuming tractors and power tillers as bullocks will come handy in ploughing fields. Once the usefulness of cow is restored people will start rearing cow sagain and stop selling them to butchers.[/color]

Hmmm. Reads like a typical cuddly Hindoo animal. (So too the cows, of course.)

One worries about these people. That their fates should be intertwined with that of losers.