‘Suicidal’ Deal With US Angers India’s Farmers
One of the world’s most protected agricultural industries is opening up to the US, spreading fear among farmers.
Farmers, rural and industrial workers during a protest in Patiala, Punjab, on Feb. 12.
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India’s tens of millions of small farmers are a vital political constituency in the world’s most populous nation. As the country begins to open up to American foodstuffs, they’re feeling threatened.