Farmer Suicides and the Global food crisis: A Story not told, TEDx Talk by Devinder Sharma

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With the formation of WTO, a new international economic world order came into being. This has greatly affected the fate of farmers in developing countries across the world. While the successes of the new global trade regime have been appreciated, the issue of rising number of farmer suicides has faltered out of attention in the … Read more

Cultivating Hope campaign : NDTV’s initiative to highlight farming crisis

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In 2014, the National Crime Records Bureau of India reported 5,650 farmer suicides. The farmers suicide rate in India has ranged between 1.4 to 1.8 per 100,000 total population, over a 10-year period through 2005. Taking off from this grim reality, NDTV together with Piramal Foundation launches Cultivating Hope campaign which aims at highlighting farmer related … Read more