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Indian Farmer Suicides 
Sun Apr 19, 2009 at 10:00:00 AM PDT
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In light of the diary about the failure of the Green Revolution I posted earlier today, I'd like to also examine the farmer suicides in India. And I think, as you'll see below, that perhaps saying that the Green Revolution was bad because of the suicides is misleading. The Green Revolution was bad because it was bad. It didn't work. It replaced one unacceptable situation (starvation) with another (a few years of plenty followed by a crisis). But the suicides? They are the result of a perfect storm that particularly affected one region of India worse than the rest of the country. The Green Revolution was a part of that, but so was the climate, the political and economic environment, and the lack of other career options in the area.
My source for this information is: "Farmers' Suicides In India: Magnitudes, Trends And Spatial Patterns" by K. Nagaraj, Madras Institute of Development Studies
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Sat Apr 04, 2009 at 18:41:37 PM PDT
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Monsanto's blog has a post up about Indian farmer suicides. Naturally, they say it isn't their fault. Well... since they brought it up, I decided to listen to Vandana Shiva on Democracy Now from December 2006 when she spoke on the subject. She kinda thinks it IS their fault.
I've attempted to transcribe the Vandana Shiva interview below, although I'll admit that I only got about half of it so I do recommend listening to the interview yourself. And - please - drop a line to your Senators telling them about the Indian farmer suicides and citing them as a reason to oppose S.384.
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