33 FARMERS COMMIT SUICIDE IN LAST 10 DAYS
Vidharbha's agrarian crisis has worsened. The farm group Vidharbha Janadolan Samiti (VJS) says these farmers are the innocent victims of failed government policies. These policies include promoting B. t. cotton. Over 300 of the farmers who committed suicide in the cotton-growing heartland opted for B. t. cotton, which failed.
http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=6388
See chart showing farmer suicide locations since June 2005 at http://www.gmwatch.org/p1temp.asp?pid=71&page=1
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