Farms: Modern Day Problems Of Small Scale Farmers In India / Documentary
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Produced by XTV-films and Llink, with the support of NCDO and Thuiskopiefonds. © XTV-films/Llink; 2007; xtvfilms@zonnet.nl; tel: + 31 6 2507 8582. Producer: mother earth fan. Production Company: xtv film & Llink. Contact Information: xtvfilms@zonnet.nl; tel: + 31 6 2507 8582. Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Netherlands. Thousands of small scale farmers in India commit duicide, because they can no longer solve their debt problems. Two decades ago they took up modern farming and with the help of government subsidies they started growing commercial crops. In the beginning harvests were good, but as time went on, the financial support of the government decreased more and more. The farmers were forced to obtain even bigger loans to pay for the expensive new seeds, fertilizer, and pesticides. Repeated failed harvests now force them into despair. Millions of poor farmers however have turned their backs on modern agriculture in order to bring new life to their traditional ways of farming. With a lot of success! The surprisingly good results are due to a combination of working together intensively, and the masterly combining of traditional seeds. Sammamma Begari, a small women farmer from the South-Indian village of Bidakanne proudly states: We have our own crops. They provide for us and our children. We certainly dont want to loose them again. Her friend Chandramma Molegeri added: Our own agriculture is wonderful. I cant think of anything better. We dont have to turn to anyone for help. On the contrary, we work with gold. We harvest gold! by Paul Enkelaar, Jan Paul Smit and Manuel Reichert. Did you like this? Do you want to show it to an audience in a better quality? Order the DVD at xtvfilms@zonnet.nl ! Extra on DVD: Dutch subtitled version and Extensive interview with P.V. Satheesh, director of the Deccan Development Society, (South-India). DVD; 16:9 anamorphic; documentary; recorded in Andhra Pradesh, India. Language: Telegu and English; English subtitled; Dutch subtitled. Produced by XTV-films and Llink, with the support of NCDO and Thuiskopiefonds
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Prices for agricultural products vary every year but I phrehaps having a baseline price for basic staples might help. The farmer might not make a profit, but would have enough to cover expenses, and the mandi owners could be given tax breaks to help them to accomidate the baseline price
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Good work
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Eat GMO-food and get cancer will you.
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Eat GMO-food and get cancer will you.
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Eat GMO-food and get cancer will you.
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Eat GMO-food and get cancer will you.
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Eat GMO-food and get cancer will you.
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Organic farming started to disappear in India due to so called 'AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITIES', all bought and paid for by MONSATO, DUPONT, and SYNGENTA. The agriculture universities brainwashed Indian farmers into believing that the only way to farm is, to use pesticides, herbicides and GMO seed
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This is great film I dont know who can dislike it! True.
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gr8 wrk :) (Y) and jus one dumbass who dislikd among 9240 views..??? :)
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We Indian youngsters will never let this farming and land get spoiled.
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The idea of self-sufficient farming and its promotion assumes that these small and poor farmers needs are all about food. Why can't they like rest of the youtube browsers be able to have decent homes with 24 hour power, running water, television, schools, healthcare and may be internet too? Does access to these make them impure? If the answer is no - how can they get the necessary incomes to fund such consumption? Why hail their primitive occupations and sympathize with them?
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Great Job
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Highly important content especially relevant to current times. Why is the topic "Modern Day Problems Of Small Scale Farmers In India" and not "Rise of Small Scale Farmers In India".
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@SandraIndia - thank you!
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Inspirational!
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These ladies are heroes.
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@sabinabarbara you are very welcome!
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