25 August 2011

An extract from The Hindu:

Farmers would quit agriculture if they had an alternative. Some years ago the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) reported after its study on agriculture that roughly half the farmers in the country did not wish to continue farming.

'They would rather quit if they had an alternative. This shameful reality reflects the despair farmers feel and is based on the fact that agriculture is a loss-making enterprise and the farmers are unable to either feed themselves or turn a profit', says Dr. Suman Sahai, Convener, Gene campaign, New Delhi in her blog (sumansahai-blog.blogspot.com) on Why farmers don't farm.

Source: M.J.Prabu

Read the full article: The Hindu

Read the blog: Dr Suman Sahai's blog