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Farmers' suicides in India refers to the event of farmers dying by suicide in India since the 1970s, due to their inability to repay loans mostly taken from private landlords and banks.
2 Ιουν 2018 · correlation between Monsanto and the rise in suicide rates among Indian farmers. The paper also investigates the current attempts to fight back against the giant corporation.
30 Μαρ 2013 · Monsanto and its PR men are trying desperately to delink the epidemic of farmers suicides in India from its growing control over the cotton seed supply.
1 Δεκ 2016 · In India, it is estimated that ∼16,000 farmers die by suicide each year, and at rates far above those of the general population. This paper reviews much of the literature concerning the factors associated with this crisis.
10 Οκτ 2013 · Writing in 2009, physicist and author Vandana Shiva outlined Monsanto’s contributions to a “suicide economy” in India, such as an increase in the price per kilogram of cotton seeds from 7 to 17,000 rupees.
26 Μαΐ 2016 · US seed and pesticide giant Monsanto dominates the Indian market. Farmers' families and activists there blame the company's practices for a wave of farmer suicides
farmers have committed suicide in India after Monsanto's Bt cotton seeds largely failed. Many farmers decided to drink Monsanto pesticide, ending their lives." Bt stands for Bacillus thuringiensis, a naturally occur-ring bacterium in soil that has insecticide properties. Over a decade ago, Monsanto (in partnership with Indian seed
