17,000 Indian farmers committed suicide in 2009 and the figure is rising - Yahoo news. This follows the worldwide pattern, largely unreported by the main stream media, the sharp divergence of the rich and the poor and the calamity of the workers exposed to the pressures of globalization and efficiency. And now the farmer suicides are hitting France - Chez les agriculteurs, le taux de suicide est trois fois plus élevé que chez les cadres: ”The suicide of a farmer does not make noise, but often it’s the ultimate way to criticize the state of moral and social crisis experienced by our industry” , outraged Bernard Lannes. “It is a form of despair who settled in the farming world , “says Jean-Pierre Vigier. These are courageous people who do not count their hours, which never take vacations, which have sometimes had to go into debt and are forced to work loss. It leaves them no escape “. (via Nassim Taleb)
- Monsanto connected to at least 200,000 suicides in India throughout past decade.
- The GM genocide: Thousands of Indian farmers are committing suicide after using genetically modified crops.
Photo – Drought hampering Assam farmers.
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