cover image: Suicides in India: Cotton farmers without a future

Suicides in India: Cotton farmers without a future

8 Jul 2014

Many cotton farmers do not see a way out. It is estimated that about 200.000 have taken their lives in Central India in recent decades. The farmers incurred large debts for the purchase of genetically manipulated seeds that they could not afford afterwards. Muchos agricultores de algodón no ven una salida. Se calcula que unos 200.000 se han quitado la vida en India Central en las últimas décadas. Los agricultores contrajeron grandes deudas por la compra de semillas manipuladas genéticamente que después no podían pagar.
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Europeana https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2051904/data_euscreenXL_1203929