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In every country of South Asia, most farmers do not get fair price of their products and 90% of the time, it is the middlemen who reap benefit at their expense.

It's the same way in most of the developing world. Many farmlands are also being converted into other uses - say golf courses? industrial estates?

I'm not just lamenting a way of life, but food security in general. Do they want to turn the world into industrial farms where hormones and other chemicals make animals and plants bear "more" and "larger"?

Unfortunately, you are right. There is no easy way out. Putting the food security into risk is very unwise.

It is bad for farmers in the US too. There have been benefit concerts and other fund raisers to help them. It's now about 1% of the population of the US providing the food for the rest of the people, and they are poor for their efforts. I'm sure it's worse in a third world country, but it's odd to compare the fact that we're all treating our farmers so badly.

Yes Dave, it is really tragic that farmers suffer everywhere.

Razib,
Thanks for dropping by earlier.
This is an important story with no easy solution, but at least the Indian government appears to be facing up to the situation to some degree.
In Japan the situation is different.
The Japanese government continually turns its back on increasing suicide rates and other problems such as rising homelessness.

Good story, Razib. Thank you.

Hi Razib,
Thanks for the help with the link.
I've linked your story to the following page:

http://wwwtokyo.blogspot.com/2006/05/japans-suicide-generation.html

Very sad statistics Razib. My grandfather was a farmer. They feed the world and get little in return. I'm glad those in India are getting some help.

Thanks a lot Rob for linking my blog. Yes, it is a sad statistics.

Just remember how much money the Indian government spends on their nuclear weapons program! Its their responsibility to help their own people. Don't bring cigar smokers into your clouded world.

Sad commentary on the world, Razib. I'm not sure what Anonymous was trying to tell us above, but I think it is the human race's responsibility. What happens there affects us all. Glad to see you pushing social responsibility on the blogosphere.

Sad indeed. It happens in many parts of the world. Since, I write about South Asia, I am depicting the stories of the region. If all of us tried a bit then many problems would be solved.