@SusanSarandon https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/world/asia/india-farmer-protest.html?smid=tw-share
What the @nytimes article fails to mention is these reforms are mostly on rice crop subsidies, which over the years have been produced in excess by farmers and the Indian gov has had no choice but to buy them...
What the @nytimes article fails to mention is these reforms are mostly on rice crop subsidies, which over the years have been produced in excess by farmers and the Indian gov has had no choice but to buy them...
...This result in millions of tons of rice grains rotting. #uninformed and #poorjournalism
Also rice crops require alot more water than other pulses and grains. There have been many attempts to switch farmers towards more profitable crops but they do not want to change...
Also rice crops require alot more water than other pulses and grains. There have been many attempts to switch farmers towards more profitable crops but they do not want to change...
... We are thankful for farmers but a majority of them remain in poverty due to this.
Its ironic how a climatic change activist like @GretaThunberg tweets about supporting this practice without knowing the consequences. #SaveWater #PovertyAlleviation
Its ironic how a climatic change activist like @GretaThunberg tweets about supporting this practice without knowing the consequences. #SaveWater #PovertyAlleviation
India is a nature loving nation that will never abandon her people. These revocation of subsidies have already been tested at the state level (Bihar) and shown positive results. We want our population to pull themselves up from poverty but this requires #change. This is...
... difficult to achieve if people like yourselves who are consider intellectual fail to educate yourselves. I honestly expected better. From all of you and the rest of the world. #IndiaWithModi #ModiWithFarmers #FarmBills #farmer #FarmersProtests
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